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Total number of records: 8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
brewing2
community life2
food2
baked products2
education2
animals2
mines and mineral resources1
land use1
meat1
occupations1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Salop (Shropshire)6
England6
Chirbury6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Humphreys, Joe8
Sykes, Donald Richard6
Morris, Robert4
Oliver, Fanny2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Tudor, Ted2
Priest, Jack1
Smith, Fred1
Snead, Ted1
Morris, Mr R.1

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Chirbury Response Book - 11Sa6

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Chirbury, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Joe recalls childhood pastimes, compares village school now and in past, talks about father's work as woodman, reflects on wages to bring up nine children, describes killing and curing pig, r...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

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

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 Nov 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Joe Humphreys recorded by fieldworker Donald Sykes in the International ...

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Notes [Chirbury Response Book]
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Notes [Chirbury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 Nov 1954

Notes section at the rear of the response book.

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Book II: Farming [Chirbury Response Book]
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Book II: Farming [Chirbury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 Nov 1954

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

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Book III: Animals [Chirbury Response Book]
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Book III: Animals [Chirbury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 Nov 1954

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

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Book IV: Nature [Chirbury Response Book]
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Book IV: Nature [Chirbury Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

8 Nov 1954 - 11 Nov 1954

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

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