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Leigh, Egerton (1815-1876)1
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An Account of the Phonology of the Dialect of High Coniscliffe

Syddall, Denis

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in High Coniscliffe in County Durham, based on fieldwork interviews conducted between June and September 1949 with people living in the village.

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SED Word Map: That
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SED Word Map: That

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question III.3.7, That (relative pronoun), mapping the distribution of the responses At, T, That and Who. The map is labelled as a draft.

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Includes also text and song from the Derby Tup play. A member of the assembled company describes performi...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Welford, Northamptonshire

25 Feb 1957

[Side 1] Ted talks about severe winter of 1886, outlines annual cycle in sheep farming, describes occasion when he helped farmer experiment with special treatment of three rams eventually sold for 60 ...

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A glossary of words used in the dialect of Cheshire

Leigh, Egerton (1815-1876)

1973

Reprint of the 1877 ed. published by Hamilton, Adams, London.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

14 December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A200r.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

17 December 1972

Assembled company and soloist singing carols and popular songs in the Fountain pub, Ingbirchworth. Cyril Latimer sings 'Pratty Flowers'. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A200r.

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Stone Circle at Lea Green
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Stone Circle at Lea Green

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Remains of a stone circle at Lea Green, near Grassington ( Wharfedale). Ancient field enclosures visible in background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0069. With ms. notes in Kissling's han...

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Stone Circle at Lea Green
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Stone Circle at Lea Green

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Remains of a stone circle at Lea Green, near Grassington ( Wharfedale). Ancient field enclosures visible in background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0068. With ms. notes in Kissling's han...

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A Joke for Every Occasion. A Study of Children's Humor [sic], Leeds and London

McCosh, Sandra

1974

M.A. dissertation on children and children's humour, based on fieldwork in four Leeds schools (tape-recorded interviews), and the responses to questionnaires sent to 200 London schools, during the per...

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Dialect recording in Litton, Yorkshire

Battersby, Pauline

Nov 1962

[Side 1] James talks about sheep farming incl. rearing of orphan lambs, reflects on importance of experience for shepherds, discusses own sheep farm in past (flock of 500 over 200 acres), describes pr...

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Vowel Pronunciation in the Yorkshire Dales

Hameleers, Harald; Jong, Nico

1983

A study of vowel pronunciation in the speech of people living in the Yorkshire Dales, based on fieldwork data collected during July 1982 through tape-recorded interviews with thirty informants in five...

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