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Hunting, Shooting, and Trapping
1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, includes an ms. diagram and notes on an animal trap seen at Stokesley, North Yorkshire, 27 October 1973, by Tony Green; David Cleveland's article on punt-gunn...
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...
Introduction
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1962]
Printed double-page map, possibly for proof purposes, of maps which appear on pages 30 and 33 of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Introduction volume. The maps show the SED network of localities a...
Fishing
1961-1979
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of traditional fishing, including papers and magazine and newspaper cuttings (chiefly from 'Country Life') which focus on types of nets and fishing fo...
Trade
1964-1976
This subseries contains items relating to different aspects of trade. The subject matter largely includes trading and dealing, and fairs and markets. Alongside general items relating to trade, the sub...
The Six Northern Counties and the Isle of Man (Volume 1)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1962-1969
This subseries contains papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in Northern England and the Isle of Man, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) N...
Care and Management of Livestock
1957-1973
This subseries contains items relating to the care and management of livestock on farms, including papers, and magazine and newspaper cuttings (chiefly from 'Country Life'), which focus largely on hor...
Agriculture
1964-1979
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of farming and farming life. The subject matter includes historical accounts and reminiscences of traditional farming life and activities, including M...
Forestry
1969-1971
This subseries, comprising one file only, includes Oliver Rackham's article on the ancient woodlands of East Anglia, extracted from 'Country Life' (21 October 1971), pp. 1062-1066; William Seymour's a...
Mining
[1955-1979]
This subseries contains items relating to mining and mining communities. The subject matter includes coal mines and mining, gold mines and mining, lead mines and mining, smelting and smelt mills, quar...
Crafts, Trades and Industries
1951-1981
This subseries contains items on traditional crafts, trades and industries. The subjects represented include crafts in Warwickshire and Ireland, terminology relating to wheelwrighting, Sam Hanna's fil...
University of Leeds Information Service
University of Leeds. Information Service; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1966-1967
Harold Orton's file of information issued to him by the University of Leeds' Information Officer, including briefing papers for departmental correspondents and Press Summary sheets. This file also con...