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Somerset Response Books
Wright, John T
1955-1956
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Somerset to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were reco...
West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 6
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 6: The Neck and Arm. Includes questions VI.6.1 Neck - VI.6.9 Wrist.
Grammar, etc.: Hampshire
[1960s]
Collated data relating to grammar and usage collected from Survey of English Dialects (SED) responses for localities in Hampshire. This includes sets of individual data sheets for Hatherden, Oakley, K...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan; Murray, John
1974
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Wheatsheaf pub, Antrobus, on 2 November 1974. [Tr. 2] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh, on...
Blagdon (Somerset)
Voitl, Herbert
[1960s]
View looking across playing fields towards the village of Blagdon (Somerset). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 31/2.
Other Fieldwork Data
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1928-1939]
Ms. record cards compiled by Harold Orton from his own field recordings and from Armstrong College theses, containing background information on the periods of fieldwork, biographical information on in...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1974
Music/song session at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall, recorded on 6 September 1974. Fred List plays a number of popular tunes on the accordion (with some singing by the assembled company), including 'Wild Col...
Legends About People
1963-1979
This file contains items on legends relating to people, both legendary characters and real people. This includes photocopies of ms. papers by Trevor Lloyd Weedon on the Fianna Finn and the legend of F...
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...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1974
Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Commonon the 31 October 1974 ; talks about making clay ovens [learned during World War One]; farm work; church choir; family; engagement; being gassed during W...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1974
Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites...
Raven McDavid Articles
McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)
[1960-1981]
Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...