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Total number of records: 7

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buildings7
community life5
occupations5
agriculture4
animals4
culture4
english language - dialects4
food4
food crops4
nature4

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Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Baker, Mr1
Beddow, William1
Bellingham, Mr1
Burghess, Mr Harry1
Carter, Mr Albert1
Corfield, Harry1
Davies, George1
Dawson, Mary1

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West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 1

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 1: The House: Outside. Includes questions V.1.1 Houses/House - V.1.8 Door.

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1974

[Collector announcement]; Mary Dawson, recorded in Doddington on the 8 July 1974; recollects her childhood in Doddington; marriage; children; skating matches; changes to the village; trandling for bir...

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Sheffield Dialect Words

Ellin, Thomas R

1929-1934

Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering ...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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Glossaries, Etc.

Hudleston, Nigel A

[1950s]

These files contain four undated typed papers, annotated in ms., containing dialect glossaries (mostly Yorkshire based) and data on Yorkshire folklife, and diagrams illustrating wagons and cottages. ...

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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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