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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1952
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...
Lowry's Town has Gone
Dixon, Beverley Anne
1980
A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...
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...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
November 1973
[Collector announcement]; Evelyn Johnston talks about the Black Watch Jazz Band of Bedlington (Northumberland) during the period 1927-1928; boy and girl members; uniform; instruments; batons; mascot; ...