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Total number of records: 9

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
buildings	3
land use	3
nature	3
agriculture	3
occupations	3
food	3
mines and mineral resources	2
food crops	2
energy industries	2
animals	2

Count of Place

Place	Count
Salop (Shropshire)	6
England	6
Diddlebury	6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Corfield, Harry	9
Sykes, Donald Richard	7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	3
Horton, William	2
Davies, Edith	2
Yepp, William	2
Thomas, George	1
Warren, Lewis	1
Strutt, Percy	1
Thorley, John	1

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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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Diddlebury, Shropshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Montford, Shropshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard

Jan 1955

[Side 1] Harry describes how to 'pleach' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge, discusses farm buildings, incl. 'wain-house' [= cart-shed], describes layout of cow-shed, incl...

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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

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

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Shropshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1955-1957

[Collector announcement]; George Davies, recorded in Weston Rhyn in January 1955; talks about his work as a coupler in a coal mine, coupling full waggons; the overseer, known as a doggy; describes con...

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