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A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1973
Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...
A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1977
This subfonds includes items relating to the production of 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE), the first linguistic atlas based on the Survey of English Dialects to be published. It consists of edito...
Aspects of the Phonology and Agricultural Terminology of the Rural Dialects of Surrey, Kent and Sussex
North, David J
1982
Ph.D. thesis including chapters on the aims and scope of the investigation, undertaken in Surrey, Kent and Sussex, sources of material, methods of analysis and presentation, phonology, word geography ...
Survey of English Dialects and Related Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1961-1981
The correspondence in this sub-subseries relates to various aspects of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and its publication programme. It includes SED reports and draft text; original and copy cor...
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.
Wood-Turning in the West Pennines
Earnshaw, David R
1966
A dissertation covering the development of three Lancashire family and village trades on the edge of the West Pennines. The three wood-turning firms studied are H. J. Berry and Sons Limited of Chippin...
A Phonology of the Dialect of Merriott in Somerset
Hamper, H Victor
1959
A study of the dialect spoken in Merriott in Somerset, based on the collector's fieldwork interviews with one male informant in September 1958 and January 1959, the written field recordings made by Jo...
Sound Recording, Cornwall
Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
July 1963
Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...
Sound Recording, Cornwall
Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
July 1963
Renfred Knowles, recorded in St Day ; describes a working day in a [?tin] mine, including charging holes and blasting; being a miner for thirty years; working with boring machines; occupational diseas...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
July 1963
Mr. N. Cox, recorded in St Cleer; talks about animal (bullock) husbandry; winter feed; lambing time; moor cattle, allowed to roam free within certain boundaries, owned by commoners who pay for commone...
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...
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...