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Total number of records: 158

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture154
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Brotherton Collection2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Lancashire158
England156
Marshside11
Pilling11
Read11
Yealand11
Thistleton11
Ribchester11
Harwood11
Halewood11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)121
Wright, Peter33
Wright, William11
Wade, Jim10
Morris, Miss Polly10
Halton, Tom8
Jackson, William7
Isherwood, Joe7
Turnbull, William7
Watson, Billy7

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18002
From 1900156

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18992
Up to 1999156

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

nd [19th century]

Comprising pedigrees of Lancashire families with tricked arms, list at rear

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Coniston Response Book - 5La1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Jun 1954 - 19 Jun 1954

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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Marshside Response Book - 5La10

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Apr 1954 - 14 Apr 1954

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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Eccleston Response Book - 5La11

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

20 Mar 1954 - 26 Mar 1954

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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Harwood Response Book - 5La12

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

16 Feb 1954 - 9 Mar 1954

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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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13
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Bickerstaffe Response Book - 5La13

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 Jun 1955 - 1 Jul 1955

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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Halewood Response Book - 5La14
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Halewood Response Book - 5La14

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

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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A." Mossycoat," as told by Taimi Boswell

1915

Handwritten account of tale" Mossycoat" as " told by Taimi Boswell at Oswal[d]twistle, 9/1/1915."

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H. Tales from Taimi Boswell

Jan/1915

6 handwritten accounts of tales and summary of another told by Taimi Boswell. Collected Oswaldtwistle, Jan/1915. [Many dated]. 1)The clever little taylor 2) Fairies down the lane 3)Lousy Jacj and ...

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Cartmel Response Book - 5La2

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 May 1954 - 3 Jun 1954

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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Yealand Response Book - 5La3
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Yealand Response Book - 5La3

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

20 Apr 1955 - 25 Apr 1955

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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