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From Toponomastic Geography: The Original Territory of Albanian Settlements in Messenia (Peloponnesus, Greece) on the Basis of Toponymy
Georgacas, Demetrius J
[1960s]
This file contains a copy of a typed research paper on the evidence for the settlement of Albanians in Messenia, Greece, in the late Middle Ages, based on the evidence of placenames. The author aims t...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
March 1963
[Collector announcement]; John Galsworthy, recorded at home in Gwinear on the 28 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; talks o...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...