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Total number of records: 1277

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english language - dialects44
culture44
community life36
education35
nature7
animals7
occupations2
dwellings2
agriculture2
buildings2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England1258
Lincolnshire148
Lancashire121
Yorkshire107
Northumberland99
Derbyshire77
Durham66
Buckinghamshire66
Cumberland66
Warwickshire56

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1277
William19
(Bill)14
Tom11
Brothwell, William Richard11
Taylor, Sam11
Swailes, Jack11
Davidson, Albert11
Dyer, Stacey George11
Eggleston, William11

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Lancashire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lancashire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Haltwhistle
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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Haltwhistle

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by Stanley Ellis. The page includes responses from informant Jack Hepple of Haltwhistle (Northumberland), recorded on 11 March 1953, to sections II...

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Recording Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
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Recording Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

June 1965

Stanley Ellis sitting in the open boot of a car with equipment used for tape recording sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Stewart Sanderson (filming) and Werner Kissling vi...

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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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Embleton Response Book - 1Nb2
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Embleton Response Book - 1Nb2

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

18/Jan/1953 - 22/Jan/1953

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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Thropton Response Book - 1Nb3

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28/Jan/1953 - 31/Jan/1953

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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Ellington Response Book - 1Nb4

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

4/Sep/1953 - 29/Sep/1953

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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Wark Response Book - 1Nb5

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

2/Feb/1953 - 7/Feb/1953

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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Earsdon Response Book - 1Nb6
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Earsdon Response Book - 1Nb6

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

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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Haltwhistle Response Book - 1Nb7

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

10/Jan/1953 - 27/Feb/1953

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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Heddon-on-the-Wall Response Book - 1Nb8

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

6/Mar/1953 - 20/Mar/1953

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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