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SED Word Map: Dovecote
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental word map of the Northern Counties, for SED question I.1.7, Dovecote, showing the distribution of responses (Dove)-cote, (Dove)-ducket, (Dove)-hole, (Dove)-hull and (Dove)-loft. The map wa...
The Dialect of Golcar
Jacobson, Joanne
1974
M.A. project on one dialect speaker from Golcar, West Yorkshire . Analysis is made of material contained within a 34-minute tape recorded interview with Mr. Gledhill, made by Stanley Ellis in 1963. ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Bill Stevenson, recorded in Carleton on the 1 February 1963; talks about his upbringing in Carleton; his father; pig keeping and killing for Christmas; diet; local school; Mischief Night and pranks de...
Yorkshire Abbeys
Taylor, Alfred
1963
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...
Sound Recordings, Devon and Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
March 1963
[Stanley Ellis announcement]; Samuel Snell, recorded on his farm in Swimbridge; talks about the bad winter of 1962/1963; farming sheep and beef bullocks; Devon Closewool [sheep breed]; discuss sheep f...
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1961-1976
Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...
Studies in Folk Life Exhibition
[1960s]
This file contains a photograph (LAVC/PHO/P2077) of part of a display board, showing the caption Studies in Folk Life: From Fieldwork to Publication and a selection of photographs and captions. It is ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s]
Oswald Jacques, recorded in Grassington [?in 1963]; [recording takes place in a farm building]; Mr. Jacques describes the parts of a cow stall; talks about cows calving, premature/dead calves; luck st...
The Living Dialect of Litton in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Battersby, Pauline
1963
A study of the dialect spoken by one man in Litton, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on answers given to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire (Books I-IX), and a tape-recorded conver...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Haaf Nets
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
June 1965
Haaf nets outside boatshed by the River Lune near Glasson (Lancashire). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
November 1962
James Ingleby [ Pauline Battersby also present], recorded in Litton; talks about sheep farming; orphan lambs; shepherding; weaning; the size of his farm; cattle and milking; (Wensleydale) cheese and b...