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Top 10: Subject

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occupations3
culture3
persons3
nature3
agriculture3
animals3
community life3
war2
handicraft2
implements, utensils etc2

Count of Place

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Wiltshire7
Sutton Benger7
England7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orchard, Bill10
William10
Wright, John T10
Tyler, William (1893-1893)3
Kylstra, Henk E3
Ernest2
Smith, George2
Packer, Ernie2
Lyles, Bill2
Morgan, Leonard1
Sutton Benger Response Book - 32W2
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Sutton Benger Response Book - 32W2

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

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, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T

1960-1961

William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...

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Book I: The Farm [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Bill Orchard recorded by fieldworker John Wright in the International Ph...

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Notes [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

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 [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

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

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Book III: Animals [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

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

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Book IV: Nature [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

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

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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Sutton Benger Response Book]

Wright, John T

9 Jul 1957 - 12 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.

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