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english language - dialects12
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Voitl, Herbert4
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Blake, Mr William1
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Brown, Ted1
Carr, Susan1
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Dodds, William1
Green, K R1
Houck, Charles L1
SED Phonological Map: R Pronunciation
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SED Phonological Map: R Pronunciation

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., of the Northern Counties, mapping R pronunciation in responses to SED questions IV.12.1 Root, and V.1.2 Roof. The map was compiled by Harold Or...

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Hambledon (Hampshire)
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Hambledon (Hampshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Dwelling houses with thatched roofs, in Hambledon (Hampshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 39/5.

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Oakley (Hampshire)
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Oakley (Hampshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Timber-framed dwelling house with thatched roof, in Oakley (Hampshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 39/2.

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Gretton (Gloucestershire)
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Gretton (Gloucestershire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Old dwelling houses in Gretton (Gloucestershire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 24/2. Both houses are timber-framed and have thatched roofs.

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Burbage (Wiltshire)
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Burbage (Wiltshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

View looking down the main street in Burbage (Wiltshire), with the Three Horse Shoes public house on the left hand side. The public house has a thatched roof. Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality...

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Sound Recording, London

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

1974

Susan Carr [studying French at the University of Leeds], recorded in Abbey Wood on the 30 January 1974; sings and discusses a parody of the song 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad', 'Don't Jump Off the Roof ...

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Thatching in Wiltshire

Withers, Rosalind

1983

A dissertation which looks briefly at the history of thatching from earliest times, and then more particularly at thatching in Wiltshire in former years. The study also investigates thatching in the e...

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Thatching in Warwickshire

Green, K R

1966

An investigation into the practice of thatching in 1966 in the rural areas of south Warwickshire and the Oxfordshire border, based on fieldwork visits and interviews with four working thatchers made d...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1956

Ted Brown, recorded in the farm of John Costin at Eaton Bray [the voice of Mr. Costin's Housekeeper is also heard]; talks about the work of a blacksmith; the cost and composition of horseshoes; mendin...

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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, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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