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Total number of records: 4

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occupations2
agriculture2
food crops1
implements, utensils etc1
nature1
vehicles1
food1
land use1
culture1
archive administration1

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Yorkshire2
England2
Borrowby2

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Kitson, Jack4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Wright, Peter2
Morton, John Thomas1
Linsley, John George (1885-1885)1
Passman, John George1
Scaife, Joe1
Morton, Matthew1
Jacques, Oswald1
Bradley, Tom1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Borrowby, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Jack talks about haymaking, cutting clover at 'backend' [= late autumn], discusses farm sizes and farm horses, compares agricultural practice now and in past, remembers father mowing by hand ...

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Borrowby Response Book - 6Y9

Wright, Peter

Nov 1951

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, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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Book II: Farming [Borrowby Response Book]
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Book II: Farming [Borrowby Response Book]

Wright, Peter

Nov 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming. The answers of informant Jack Kitson recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in the International Ph...

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