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Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
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Bretforton Response Book - 16Wo7
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Bretforton Response Book - 16Wo7

Wright, Peter

17 Jun 1951 - 21 Jun 1951

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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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Bretforton Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Bretforton Response Book]

Wright, Peter

17 Jun 1951 - 21 Jun 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Boxes for Victorian Needlewomen

Swain, Margaret H

1965

This file contains an article extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (31 May 1965), pp. 1162 and 1165, on Victorian needlework boxes.

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Traditional Threats Review

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1981

This file contains a mounted photocopy of Stewart Sanderson's review of John Widdowson's 'If You Don't Be Good: Verbal Social Control in Newfoundland' (St. John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland,...

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Romsley Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Romsley Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Feb 1955 - 10 Feb 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book I: The Farm [Bretforton Response Book]

Wright, Peter

17 Jun 1951 - 21 Jun 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers to this chapter are missing from this response book. They would have been the answers...

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Notes [Bretforton Response Book]
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Notes [Bretforton Response Book]

Wright, Peter

17 Jun 1951 - 21 Jun 1951

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes general conversation phonetic notes on John Henry Hay.

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Easingwold Response Book - 6Y16
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Easingwold Response Book]

Wright, Peter

8 Feb 1951 - 15 Feb 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Hartlebury Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Hartlebury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

3 Feb 1955 - 8 Feb 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Hanbury Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Hanbury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

26 Apr 1955 - 28 Apr 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Clifton on Teme Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Clifton on Teme Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

13 May 1955 - 17 May 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Earl's Croome Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Earl's Croome Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

9 May 1955 - 12 May 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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