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Total number of records: 376

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SubjectCount
culture376
english language - dialects376
food135
occupations134
agriculture130
food crops128
implements, utensils etc127
nature122
community life117
language and languages115

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England30
Northumberland29
Lowick11
Embleton11
Lyonshall1
Thropton1
Wark1
Haltwhistle1
Allendale1
Earsdon1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)121
Voitl, Herbert72
Fothergill, George William47
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)44
Raw, David23
Fothergill, Mrs14
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)10
Hodgson, John Oswald9
Lowrie, Alec8
Pitt, Willie8

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Salop (Shropshire) Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1954-1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Salop (now known as Shropshire) to the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...

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Lancashire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lancashire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...

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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping responses (Cow)-byre, Cowhouse, Cow-stable, Mistall, and Shippon. The map was create...

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SED Word Map: To Dig
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SED Word Map: To Dig

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.8, To Dig, mapping responses Delve, Dig, and Grave. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Udder
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SED Word Map: Udder

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.2.5, Udder, mapping responses Bag, Elder, Ewer, and Udder. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Dike, Stream, and Beck. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea
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SED Word Map: To Brew Tea

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.8.9, to Brew Tea, mapping responses Mas(k), Mash, Wet, and Soak. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Funnel
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SED Word Map: Funnel

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental word map, completed in ms., for SED question V.9.3, Funnel, mapping responses Funnel, Vunnel, Tunnel, and Tunning-Dish. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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Skeleton Network Map
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Skeleton Network Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the network of localities in which fieldwork was to be undertaken for the SED. The map is headed, The Skeleton Network, and shows Selected Localities (i.e. local...

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Map of SED Localities Investigated
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Map of SED Localities Investigated

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., mapping SED localities investigated up to 30 November 1955. The map is headed English Dialect Survey in ms., and was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map mapping responses to SED question I.1.8 Cowhouse. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, and as a draft map.

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