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Total number of records: 102

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life102
education102
culture78
english language - dialects73
occupations31
agriculture28
nature28
animals27
food23
wealth14

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England29
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Allendale1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1
Thropton1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)102
Wright, Peter9
Alexander8
Lowrie, Alec8
Pitt, Willie8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
John Lyall5
Lyall, Jack5
Wade, Alec5
Sykes, Donald Richard4

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Queensbury Interview Transcription

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1920s-1981

A typed transcript of side II of a gramophone disc recording of two female informants. Transcript is titled 'The Dialect of Queensbury' of recounts tales of a man called Jack Hodgson.

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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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Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1966-1968

Ms. draft and typed copies of an agenda for a meeting to discuss the progress of the Fishing Questionnaire; typed copies of a covering letter sent out with the completed questionnaire to institutions ...

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Recording Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
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Recording Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

June 1965

Stanley Ellis sitting in the open boot of a car with equipment used for tape recording sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Stewart Sanderson (filming) and Werner Kissling vi...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Staveley-in-Kendal, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

05 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Roger describes a typical year in sheep farming including dosage for 'flukes' [= parasitic worms], injections, lambing, castrating 'tups' [= male sheep], 'clipping' [= shearing], dipping, 'sp...

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Sheep Washing Trip (Outgang Beck)
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Sheep Washing Trip (Outgang Beck)

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

June 1965

Group involved in the trip by IDFLS staff to the old sheepwashing place on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). The group includes a local boy, Stewart Sanderson (2nd from left), Stanley Elli...

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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Northumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

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

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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book I: The Farm [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Alec Lowrie recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book II: Farming [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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