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A Phonology of the Dialect of Rainow in the County Palatine of Chester
Dwerryhouse, Florence
1956
A study of the dialect spoken in Rainow, Cheshire, based on the written fieldwork recordings made by Peter Wright in 1951, for the Survey of English Dialects.
SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Swaby
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s-mid 1970s]
Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by Stanley Ellis. The page includes responses from informant Bill Elder of Swaby, Lincolnshire, recorded on 16 September 1951, to sections 1.1 and ...
Questionnaire Response Books: Non-SED and Unused Locations
1951-1952
This subseries includes fieldwork response books recording phonetically the responses of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by fieldw...
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...
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...
Topping Out Ceremonies
1951-1974
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. ...
Children's Songs and Rhymes
1954-1979
This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...
Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers
Smith, Paul (1947-)
[1970-1992]
Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
June 1974
Miriam Cross, recorded at home in Prickwillow on 10 June 1974; talks about her childhood home in the village; parents (farmers); baking using a brick oven; jam making; pig killing; describes the Fen r...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...
Booklists
1951-1980
These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...