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Total number of records: 8

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
Letters Database1

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agriculture1
animals1
architecture1
buildings1
community life1
food1
food crops1
food industry and trade1
gardening1
handicraft1

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England5
Surrey5
Thursley5

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Baker, Mr8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
Fosberry, Mr3
Heyden, Mrs2
Bellingham, Mr1
Burghess, Mr Harry1
Carter, Mr Albert1
Didbdin, Revd Thomas Frognall1
Ede, Mr1
Francis, Miss1

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Didbdin, Revd Thomas Frognall to Baker, Mr

Didbdin, Revd Thomas Frognall

8 Sep 1838

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Thursley Response Book - 34Sr5
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Thursley Response Book - 34Sr5

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

18 Aug 1959 - 3 Sep 1959

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...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Thursley, Surrey

Sep 1959

[Side 1] Mr. Baker compares farming now and in past, describes longer working day before advent of mechanisation and subsequent reduction in farm labour, recalls harvesting by hand, compares working w...

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Sound Recordings, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and East Sussex

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959

[Collector announcement]; Harry Prior, recorded in East Harting (West Sussex) in June 1959; talks about Sussex farm waggons; harvesting and building a stack; thatching a haystack; local parkland; info...

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Thursley Response Book - 34Sr5
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Book I: The Farm [Thursley Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

18 Aug 1959 - 3 Sep 1959

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Mr Baker recorded by fieldworker Michael Barry in the International Phon...

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Thursley Response Book - 34Sr5
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Notes [Thursley Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

18 Aug 1959 - 3 Sep 1959

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

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Book III: Animals [Thursley Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

18 Aug 1959 - 3 Sep 1959

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

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

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

18 Aug 1959 - 3 Sep 1959

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

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