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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 5
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 5: Church, Churchyard. Includes questions VIII.5.1 They go to church - VIII.5.7 Co...
Aspects of the West Indian Culture and its Survival in an Urban English Environment - Manchester
Mulley, Ian
1977
M.A. study of West Indian culture in Manchester, based on limited fieldwork and a relatively small number of interviews (predominantly with children attending schools in Moss Side and Greenheys). Chap...
Shirenewton (Monmouthshire)
Voitl, Herbert
[1960s]
View of St. Thomas a Becket Church at Shirenewton (Monmouthshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 23/6.
Swimbridge (Devon)
Voitl, Herbert
[1960s]
View looking towards the village of Swimbridge (Devon), with the Church of St. James the Apostle and churchyard in the foreground. Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 37/2.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Neale, Brenda Ann
11 March 1976
[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; describes her first meeting with her future husband; first date; buying drinks; meeting in-laws; presents; going out annivers...
Woman and Marriage in Islam
Yedder, Abderahmane Muhammed
1975
Study submitted for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies, with chapters on the definition of marriage in the tradition of Islam, marriage among Jahilia (the Arab before Islam), woman before a...
Corpse Way: Grinton Church
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...
Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...
Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets
1940-1974
This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...
Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees
Schrut, Judith Lynne
January 1977
Foodways: Brenda Conway, recorded in Thornaby, talks about making cheese and potato pie (learned from her mother); recording of informant making the dish in her kitchen; biographical details of the in...
The Black Country Dialect: A Collection of Words, Phrases, and Stories
Starkey, H J
1953
This file comprises an ms. notebook containing a collection of words, phrases and dialect texts of the Black Country (i.e. South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and North West Warwickshire), compi...