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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Kylstra, Henk E2
Wright, John T2
Blake, Fred1
Blake, Mrs1
Ernest1
Hitchcock, Mr1
Jim1
Packer, Ernie1
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)1
Survey of English Dialects Contact Prints
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Survey of English Dialects Contact Prints

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967

Strip of six contact prints, including two photographs of thatched corn stacks in a field near Foulden (including LAVC/PHO/P1037); and four photographs of Harold Orton in the Survey of English Dialect...

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SED Word Map: Dovecote
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SED Word Map: Dovecote

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental word map of the Northern Counties, for SED question I.1.7, Dovecote, showing the distribution of responses (Dove)-cote, (Dove)-ducket, (Dove)-hole, (Dove)-hull and (Dove)-loft. The map wa...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...

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