Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 12 of 30 records

Total number of records: 30

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
land use30
nature30
occupations28
agriculture26
animals26
community life25
food22
implements, utensils etc16
wealth15
buildings14

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)18
Barry, Michael V (1935-)10
Wakelin, Martyn F5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)3
Corfield, Harry2
Priest, Jack2
Sykes, Donald Richard2
Thomas, George2
William2

Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

May 1956

[Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'tha...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

04 Feb 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey provides responses to survey questionnaire Book IV NATURE, Book IV.1 (WATER, GROUND) incl. demonstration of local pronunciation of e.g. 'dike' [= stream], 'brig' [= 'bridge'], 'flooded...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Dec 1956

[Side 1] Jack talks about River Trent, discusses height of tides, recalls ferry across to North Clifton, describes various flood defences now and in past. [Side 2] Jack discusses mowing by hand and pl...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Youlgreave, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

02 Dec 1955

[Side 1] Thomas tells anecdote about woman who complained about his use of 'bluff' [= blinkers] and chain on bull, describes occasion when she tried to obstruct him driving sheep through village. [Sid...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end o...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jan 1957

[Side 1] George discusses land use around Wheatley, reflects on decline in fruit farming locally, recalls introduction of price controls and requirement to supply jam factories during World War 1, com...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Diddlebury, Shropshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Montford, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Harry describes how to 'pleach' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge, discusses farm buildings, incl. 'wain-house' [= cart-shed], describes layout of cow-shed, incl...

More details


Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

Jan 1955

[Side 1] George recalls almost drowning in local pool, remembers anglers frequently coming from Birmingham in past, comments pool now drained, reflects on favourite jobs on farm, incl. 'a-striking out...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recordings, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s]

Male informant, recorded in Therfield; talks about ploughing with horses; the self-binder; horse-driven threshing machine; storing corn, and selling at [?Royston] Corn Exchange; taking wheat to mill f...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[November 1966]

[Announcement]; Mr. R. M. Claughton, recorded in Askrigg; collector introduces Mr. Claughton, who goes on to describe the building of a dry stone wall - selection of stones, courses and terminology; t...

More details


Archive Item

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 ...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...

More details