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culture50
english language - dialects50
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agriculture23
community life23
animals19
buildings17
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)7
Voitl, Herbert6
Wakelin, Martyn F3
Claughton, Mr R. Mick2
Cloughton2
Kylstra, Henk E2
Panheinen, Ossi2
Tammivaara, Irmeli2
Wright, John T2

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From Toponomastic Geography: The Original Territory of Albanian Settlements in Messenia (Peloponnesus, Greece) on the Basis of Toponymy

Georgacas, Demetrius J

[1960s]

This file contains a copy of a typed research paper on the evidence for the settlement of Albanians in Messenia, Greece, in the late Middle Ages, based on the evidence of placenames. The author aims t...

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Places and Districts

1961-1978

The items in this sub-subseries relate to the study of particular localities, in particular placenames and their origins. The focus is on specific places in England and Wales.

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Ansty (Dorset)
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Ansty (Dorset)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Landscape around Ansty (Dorset). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 38/2.

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The Evidence of Place-Names

Gelling, Margaret

1973

This file contains a paper on English placenames presented at the Medieval Settlement Seminar at the School of History, University of Leeds, 14 February 1973. The paper addresses what historical infor...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in ms. with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for localities in Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham and Westmorland. Thi...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in ms. with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for localities in Lancashire and Yorkshire. This was one of the last stag...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in typescript with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for all Northern Counties localities. This was one of the last sta...

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SED Phonological Map: Path
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SED Phonological Map: Path

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map for SED question IV.III.11, Path, mapping the distribution of th forms.

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SED Word Map: Path
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SED Word Map: Path

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question IV.III.11, Path, mapping responses Path, Pad, Trod, Gate and Track.

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Hedge Building in Mid and West Cornwall

Rule, Ann Louise

1974

A study of hedge building in Cornwall, based on information from printed sources, interviews with informants who responded to the collector's letter of enquiry (printed in two local newspapers), and f...

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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Plash
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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Plash

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question IV.2.4, Plash (in relation to Hedging). The map shows the distribution of the responses ...

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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Plash
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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Plash

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question IV.2.4, Plash (in relation to Hedging). The map shows the distribution of the responses ...

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