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Total number of records: 3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
occupations2
food industry and trade2
nature1
manners and customs1
agriculture1
quarries and quarrying1
wealth1
religion1
land use1
implements, utensils etc1

Count of Place

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Swettenham1
Cheshire1
England1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lancaster, Wilf3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Hilton, Mr Arthur1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Morris, Mr Stephen1
Siporin, Rae Lee1
Griffiths, Mr Harry1
Gosling, Albert1
Elliot, Bill1
Davies, Walter1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Oct 1957

[Side 1] Wilf tells anecdote about stonemason visiting mill and breaking chisel trying to carve initials in millstone, recalls millstream flooding in 1954, describes difference between milling oats an...

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Swettenham Response Book - 7Ch3

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

4 Oct 1957 - 10 Oct 1957

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, Cheshire and Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Cheshire locations 7Ch3-6 and Derbyshire 8Db1-2. The original recordings were made in 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966. The date wh...

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