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PAPERS OF THE LINDLEY FAMILY OF WARMFIELD, HEATH AND WAKEFIELD
18th century-19th century
Survey of English Dialects recording in Hockley Heath, Warwickshire
13 Jun 1951
[Side 1] William recalls ploughing with horses as young boy, describes working in brickyard aged 13, discusses working conditions and wages, talks about growing own herbs for medicinal use, tells anec...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ellington, Northumberland. Survey of English Dialects recording in Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Feb 1953
Side 1 is Ellington recording (12 Feb 1953). Side 2 is Binfield Heath recording (24 Feb 1953).[Side 1]Bob Levison describes working as farm worker aged 12 to 17, then working in mine for 40 years, com...
NOTES, PLANS, DRAWINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR VARIOUS PUBLISHED ARTICLES BY PETER C D BREARS
c1960-1982
Including work relating to Clarke Hall, Wakefield, Heath Old Hall, Hatfeild Hall, Stanley, Wakefield, Shibden Hall, Southowram, Halifax, Wakefield cathedral and Aldborough church, N.Yorkshire; also i...
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS
1827
Comprising a small book lettered "Radcliffe, Yorkshire Collections". It contains a number of extracts from Dodsworth's mss, monumental inscriptions in Featherstone Church and extracts from the pari...
Warwickshire Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
1951-1957
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Warwickshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...
Evelyn Waugh, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of 'Vile Bodies', with related material.
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
1912-1993
Comprises the following items: (1) Carbon typescript with autograph manuscript title-page of Volume 1 of 'The Pistol Troop magazine', compiled by Waugh when a child, 1912; (2) Mimeographed typescript ...