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Total number of records: 40

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
occupations6
quarries and quarrying4
education4
community life4
culture3
nature3
english language - dialects3
land use2
food2
agriculture2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England31
Salop (Shropshire)11
Herefordshire6
Worcestershire6
Monmouthshire4
Gloucestershire4
Offenham1
Montford1
Llanymynech1
Longtown1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Sykes, Donald Richard40
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Corfield, Harry2
James, Jack2
Thomas, George2
Gibson, Dr Peter H2
Wright, Peter2
Wright, John T2
Smith, Fred2
Priest, Jack2
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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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Kynnersley

Sykes, Donald Richard

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by fieldworker Donald R. Sykes. The page includes responses from informant Fred Smith of Kynnersley (Shropshire), recorded on 24 May 1956, to secti...

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Skenfrith Response Book - 23Mon1
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Skenfrith Response Book - 23Mon1

Sykes, Donald Richard

20 Sep 1955 - 22 Sep 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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Deerhurst Response Book - 24Gl1
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Deerhurst Response Book - 24Gl1

Sykes, Donald Richard

1 Nov 1955 - 4 Nov 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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Weston Rhyn Response Book - 11Sa1

Sykes, Donald Richard

2 Nov 1954 - 3 Nov 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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Brimfield Response Book - 15He1
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Brimfield Response Book - 15He1

Sykes, Donald Richard

15 Jun 1955 - 21 Jun 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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Romsley Response Book - 16Wo1
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Romsley Response Book - 16Wo1

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Feb 1955 - 10 Feb 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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Diddlebury Response Book - 11Sa10

Sykes, Donald Richard

30 Nov 1954 - 6 Dec 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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Prees Response Book - 11Sa2
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Prees Response Book - 11Sa2

Sykes, Donald Richard

14 Apr 1955 - 19 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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Llanymynech Response Book - 11Sa3
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Llanymynech Response Book - 11Sa3

Sykes, Donald Richard

26 Oct 1954 - 28 Oct 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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Montford Response Book - 11Sa4
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Montford Response Book - 11Sa4

Sykes, Donald Richard

12 Oct 1954 - 14 Oct 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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Kinnersley Response Book - 11Sa5
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Kinnersley Response Book - 11Sa5

Sykes, Donald Richard

16 May 1956 - 25 May 1956

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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