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Archive File

The Phonology of the Dialect of Randwick in the County of Gloucestershire

Dixon, W A

1961

A study of the dialect spoken in Randwick in Gloucestershire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with four local people during the Easter and summer of 1960.

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Food (MEAL): Bishop-Hunt, Mary

2022-2023

Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...

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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Late 1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping the distribution of responses Cowhouse and Cowshed. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated Januar...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970/1971]

Fred Longthorne, recorded at home, talking about practical jokes; the supernatural experiences of others in ?Gill How mine; a local legend concerning John Kay's grave; lead mining - death of miner, ac...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Buckland, Buckinghamshire

Nov 1957

[Side 1] Harry talks about persistent problem with birds roosting in tree near house, discusses severe winters in past, recalls sudden snowfall one Christmas Eve and carrying milk out locally and feed...

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Om allmogens kosthåll : studier med utgångspunkt från västnordiska matvanor

Olsson, Alfa (1914-)

1958

Without thesis statement. Summary in English. Akademisk avhandling--Lund

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Guide to the collection illustrating the prehistory of Wales

Grimes, W F; National Museum of Wales

1939

Second ed. published in 1951 under title: The prehistory of Wales. At head of title: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. National Museum of Wales. Bibliography: p. 237-240.

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Pottery, Brick-Making and Glass

1960-1972

This file contains items on traditional pottery, brick-making and glasswares, including Charles Thomas's paper on people and pottery in Dark Age Cornwall, extracted from 'Old Cornwall'(1960), pp. 452-...

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