Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 8 of 8 records

Total number of records: 8

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
nature1
weather1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England5
Somerset5
Withypool5

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Reed, Harry8
Wright, John T5
Hawkins, Ernest2
Williams, Henry2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Joyce Oxley1
Withypool Response Book - 31So8
Archive Item

Withypool Response Book - 31So8

Wright, John T

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Jul 1956

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

More details and larger image


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Withypool, Somerset

10 Dec 1956

[Side 1] Harry talks about severe flash floods of August 1952, recalls first noticing water rising up through ground in dairy, explains how he took turns with wife to bail out dairy through night, rec...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Withypool, Somerset

10 Dec 1956

[Side 1] Harry talks about severe flash floods of August 1952, recalls smell of water and debris of stones, trees, household items, upturned cars etc., describes destruction to bridge, stresses impres...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recording, Somerset

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Joyce Oxley

[1956]

Harry Reed, recorded in Withypool, gives an account of the Lynmouth floods of August 1952, and in particular their effect on Withypool and the surrounding area. Describes the floodwater, the possible ...

More details


Archive Piece

Notes [Withypool Response Book]

Wright, John T

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Jul 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

More details


Archive Piece

Book III: Animals [Withypool Response Book]

Wright, John T

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Jul 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

More details


Archive Piece

Book IV: Nature [Withypool Response Book]

Wright, John T

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Jul 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

More details


Archive Piece

Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Withypool Response Book]

Wright, John T

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Jul 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.

More details