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community life20
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english language - dialects11
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nature7
literature and folklore6
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Houck, Charles L4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Taylor, Alfred2
'Dusty'1
Baldwin, John R1
Banks, William1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Bateman, Mr Alf1
Bill1
Bird, Elizabeth1

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Survey of English Dialects Audio Transcriptions

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1955

Two copies of typed transcripts of thirteen gramophone record (marked as the 4th and 5th copies). Not linked to any specific audio files, but they clearly relate to informants and localities from the ...

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Yorkshire Castles

Taylor, Alfred

1962

This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Round Yorkshire Castles' series, published in and extracted from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The complete series ran from July - October (?) 1962, a...

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Conistone Survey Contact Prints: A
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Conistone Survey Contact Prints: A

July 1971

Contact prints of photographs taken during a Survey of Vernacular Architecture around Conistone (Wharfedale), undertaken by students on the Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life a...

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Yorkshire Abbeys

Taylor, Alfred

1963

This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...

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Worcestershire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1951-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Worcestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Cheshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter; Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cheshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were reco...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

November 1973

[Collector announcement]; Evelyn Johnston talks about the Black Watch Jazz Band of Bedlington (Northumberland) during the period 1927-1928; boy and girl members; uniform; instruments; batons; mascot; ...

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Traditional Song: General

1963-1979

This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...

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Sound Recordings, County Durham

Upton, Clive S

May 1974

[Collector announcement]; William Dodds, recorded at home in Ebchester on the 14 May 1974; examines and describes archaeological artefacts, excavated by him during the previous six years from the site...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Err...

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Survey of English Dialects Sound Recording Documentation and Transcriptions

1964-1973

This file contains documentation relating to sound recordings made for the Survey of English Dialects (SED), including informant records; and transcriptions of SED sound recordings. These include Mich...

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The Linguistic Atlas of England: Reviews and Articles

1975-1980

This file contains newspaper cuttings, magazine extracts and photocopied articles relating to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). The...

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