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Cornish Hall End Response Book - 29Ess3
Berntsen, Howard N
31 May 1961 - 16 Jun 1961
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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Cornish Hall End, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Henham, Essex
Jun-Aug 1958
[Side 1] Fred discusses decline in number of working horses locally, comments horses now only kept as hunters or for children to ride, mentions last seeing local farmer using 'tumbrel' [= horse-drawn ...
Sound Recordings, Essex
Berntsen, Howard N
1959-1961
Arthur Wapling, recorded in East Mersea; talks about farming methods; ploughing with horses - describes a stetch, dividing the field, (water) furrows and drainage; modern day farming - compares workin...