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Total number of records: 61

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SubjectCount
culture61
english language - dialects61
community life57
education47
occupations19
animals14
nature14
agriculture13
manners and customs8
persons8

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)31
Wright, Peter11
Wright, John T10
Barry, Michael V (1935-)7
Wakelin, Martyn F5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Sykes, Donald Richard4
Upton, Clive S3
Kylstra, Henk E2
Lobb, Francis James2

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Questionnaire Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries contains the original response books in which the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers recorded informants' responses to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. A response book exists f...

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Northumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northumberland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Lincolnshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1951-1960

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lincolnshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...

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Staffordshire Response Books

Gibson, Dr Peter H

1953-1954

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Staffordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Leicestershire Response Books

Playford, Averil H

1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Leicestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Rutland Response Books

Playford, Averil H

1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Rutland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recor...

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Herefordshire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard; Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Herefordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Worcestershire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1951-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Worcestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Warwickshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Warwickshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...

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Northamptonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northamptonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses w...

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Huntingdonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from SED localities in Huntingdonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworke...

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Cumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cumberland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...

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