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Total number of records: 68

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Archives66
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture66
English Literature2

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english literature2
ballads, english2
english language2

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Cumberland68
England66
Longtown11
Threlkeld11
Hunsonby11
Gosforth11
Brigham11
Abbeytown11

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)66
Davidson, Albert11
Sim, Mr Ernest9
Farish, Robert6
Robinson, Joe6
Crighton, Joe6
Brown, Isaac6
Little, David5
Mills, Mrs Jot5
Atkinson, Miss Mary5

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Archive Item

Longtown Response Book - 2Cu1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Sep 1955 - 11 Sep 1955

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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Ballads in the Cumberland dialect / with notes and a glossary; and an essay on the manners and customs of the Cumberland peasantry / by Thomas Sanderson

Anderson, Robert (1770-1833); Sanderson, Thomas (1759-1829)

1828

With additional title-page, engraved.

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Abbeytown Response Book - 2Cu2
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Abbeytown Response Book - 2Cu2

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

13 Sep 1954 - 16 Sep 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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Brigham Response Book - 2Cu3

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

6 Sep 1954 - 9 Sep 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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Threlkeld Response Book - 2Cu4

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Jun 1954 - 30 Jun 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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Hunsonby Response Book - 2Cu5

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

4 Dec 1953 - 8 Dec 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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Gosforth Response Book - 2Cu6

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

26 Aug 1954 - 1 Sep 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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Longtown Response Book - 2Cu1
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Book I: The Farm [Longtown Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Sep 1955 - 11 Sep 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant David Little recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International ...

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Longtown Response Book - 2Cu1
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Book II: Farming [Longtown Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Sep 1955 - 11 Sep 1955

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

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Longtown Response Book - 2Cu1
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Book III: Animals [Longtown Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Sep 1955 - 11 Sep 1955

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

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Longtown Response Book - 2Cu1
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Book IV: Nature [Longtown Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

8 Sep 1955 - 11 Sep 1955

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

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