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Total number of records: 74

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english language12
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occupations1
wealth1
names, geographical1
mines and mineral resources1

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Leeds (England)5
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Northumberland (England)1
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Skeat, Walter W (1835-1912)5
Robinson, C Clough4
Donaldson, David4
Donaldson, David F.E.I.S4
Jamieson, John (1759-1838)4
Longmuir, John4
Hartley, John (1839-1915)3
Wright, Joseph (1855-1930)2
Axon, William E A (1846-1913)2
Axon, William E. A2

Archive Sub-series

Districts and Boundaries

1859-1869

This subseries contains items relating to the land divisions and boundaries connected with settlement and land use; and information pertinent to specific localities, for example placenames and their o...

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Swaledale Boundary Dispute and Other Papers

1859-1869

Original ms. papers, in multiple hands. The principle manuscript in this file (23 leaves) relates to a 19th century boundary dispute in Swaledale. The dispute relates to the enclosure of lands in the ...

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On the dialects of eleven southern and south-western counties : with a new classification of the English dialects

Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien prince (1813-1891)

1877

Cover-title. [No. 2] in v. 19 of the society's Publications. Forms the second number of Miscellanies I-VI, which are paged continuously.

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On the dialects of eleven southern and south-western counties : with a new classification of the English dialects

Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien prince (1813-1891)

1877

Cover-title. [No. 2] in v. 19 of the society's Publications. Forms the second number of Miscellanies I-VI, which are paged continuously.

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English dialect words of the eighteenth century : as shown in the "Universal etymological dictionary" of Nathaniel Bailey

Bailey, N (1742); Axon, William E A (1846-1913)

1883

[No.3] in v.24, of the society's Publications.

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English dialect words of the eighteenth century : as shown in the "Universal etymological dictionary" of Nathaniel Bailey

Bailey, N (1742); Axon, William E A (1846-1913)

1883

[No.3] in v.24, of the society's Publications.

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Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases : with examples of their colloquial use, and illustrations from various authors : to which are added, the customs of the county (v.1)

Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786-1861)

1854

"A list of provincial glossaries with their abbreviations, and of other works referred to": v. 1, p. [xvii]-xviii.

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Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases : with examples of their colloquial use, and illustrations from various authors : to which are added, the customs of the county (v.2)

Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786-1861)

1854

"A list of provincial glossaries with their abbreviations, and of other works referred to": v. 1, p. [xvii]-xviii.

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