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Total number of records: 8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life4
culture4
english language - dialects3
manners and customs3
social life and customs3
agriculture2
animals2
buildings2
education2
entertainment events2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Altarnun4
Cornwall4
England4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Stephens, Thomas Wesley6
Wright, John T5
Boundy, Thomas Wallis2
Congdon, William2
Agg, Albert1
Baldwin, John R1
Brooks, Mrs. D.1
Cobb, A.1
Cook, R. G.1
Coombs, Mr.1

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Book IV: Nature [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

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

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

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

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Altarnun Response Book - 36Co2
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Altarnun Response Book - 36Co2

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

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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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Pegg, Bob

17 July 1977

Methodist Sunday School Anniversary service, recorded in Marsh, near Haworth and Oxenhope (West Yorkshire). The Preacher continues his talk on weariness and recognition; makes reference to the Methodi...

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Notes [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality. ...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

Baldwin, John R

1968-1969

Mrs. D. Brooks and Mr. Coombs [?brother and sister], recorded in Shipton-under-Wychwood in 1968. Mrs. Brooks describes her husband playing a horse game. [Tr. 1] Mr. Coombs sings 'The Old Leather Bri...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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