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Launay, Charles Louis De2
Barclay, James (1765)1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Gordon, Robert Augustus1
Harrison, Keith1
Mcdavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)1
Osbourne, Mr Frank1
Ostler, Mr William1

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Observations on village-school education, with suggestions for its improvement

Gordon, Robert Augustus

[1850]

"Being a paper read at a meeting of the inspectors of the Diocese at Cuddesdon Palace."

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Archive File

Harold Orton Centenary Conference Exhibition

1998

Papers relating to an exhibition of items relating to Harold Orton and the Survey of English Dialects (SED) at the Harold Orton Centenary Conference, an international dialectology conference marking b...

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Archive File

Sheep Farming in Eskdale, Cumberland

Harrison, Keith

1966

A thesis which concentrates on aspects of sheep farming in Eskdale, with particular reference to one farming family in the area. Fieldwork was carried out between 1965 and 1966.

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Raven McDavid Articles

McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)

[1960-1981]

Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...

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Archive Sub-series

Questionnaire Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries contains the original response books in which the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers recorded informants' responses to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. A response book exists f...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Osbourne, recorded in Goudhurst in November 1958; talks about his working hours on the farm/land with horses; his agricultural labourer's wage of fourteen shillings a w...

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