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Total number of records: 14

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
food4
animals4
nature4
community life3
occupations3
agriculture3
education2
vehicles2
persons2
dwellings2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England9
Lancashire5
Dolphinholme5
Devon4
Gittisham4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bill14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Cross, William7
Edwards, William5
Wright, John T5
Thorne, Frank3
Dorning, John2
Harrison, Thomas2
Winder, John2
Ogg, Mr Frederick Joseph2

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Dolphinholme, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

24 May 1954

[Side 1] Bill describes baking oatcakes over open fire with 'spittle' [= wooden baking shovel] and 'cratch' [= drying rack], talks about owners of Wyreside Hall and working with horses, recalls runawa...

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Gittisham Response Book - 37D5
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Gittisham Response Book - 37D5

Wright, John T

21 Jun 1958 - 24 Jun 1958

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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Dolphinholme Response Book - 5La4

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Tealby, Lincolnshire

10 Jan 1952

[Side 1] Frederick tells anecdote about his boss checking his work, Bill tells anecdote about transporting waggon load of flour and sheet iron from Market Rasen having drunk too much, recalls dropping...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

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

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La1-5 and 5La8-10. The original Stanley Ellis recordings were made March to June 1954, and Peter Wrig...

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Sound Recordings, Lincolnshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Tilling, Philip M (1938-); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1967-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Lincolnshire locations 10L4-15. The original recordings were made in 1952, 1953, 1960 and 1967. The date when this copy tape...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Wright, John T

June 1958

Frank Thorne and William Edwards, in conversation in Gittisham; Mr. Thorne talks about farm work, milking, horsemen, father a tenant farmer; [gap, 1 minute]; weeding; haymaking - Mr. Edwards describes...

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Book I: The Farm [Dolphinholme Response Book]
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Book I: The Farm [Dolphinholme Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Bill Cross recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...

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Notes [Dolphinholme Response Book]
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Notes [Dolphinholme Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 1954

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality..

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Notes [Gittisham Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 Jun 1958 - 24 Jun 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Book II: Farming [Dolphinholme Response Book]
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Book II: Farming [Dolphinholme Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Dolphinholme Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Dolphinholme Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 May 1954 - 25 May 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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