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handicraft1
food industry and trade1
hunting1
implements, utensils etc1
vehicles1
occupations1
nature1
food crops1
community life1
architecture1

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Belchamp Walter11

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Pearson, James Frank13
Berntsen, Howard N12
Allston, Reginald O.1
Dyer, Stacey George1
Belchamp Walter Response Book - 29Ess2
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Belchamp Walter Response Book - 29Ess2

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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 Great Chesterford, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Belchamp Walter, Essex

May-Jun 1958

[Side 1] George recalls mowing by hand and reflects on gradual mechanisation of harvesting incl. reaping machine, self-tier and combine harvester, explains how to make 'withe' [= pliable band/tie made...

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Sound Recordings, Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1961

Mr. R. O. Allston, recorded in West Bergholt; talks about the growth of the village; serving with the Essex Regiment (and also the Hampshire Regiment) during World War One; his father's work in a loca...

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Belchamp Walter Response Book - 29Ess2
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Book I: The Farm [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant James Frank Pearson recorded by fieldworker Howard Berntsen in the Inter...

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Notes [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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 [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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Book III: Animals [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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Book IV: Nature [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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Book VI: The Human Body [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VIII: Social Activities [Belchamp Walter Response Book]

Berntsen, Howard N

3 May 1961 - 18 May 1961

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

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