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Total number of records: 102

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Archives100
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture99
Ripon Cathedral1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1
English Literature1
Brotherton Collection1

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english language - dialects29
education29
culture29
community life29

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Northumberland102
England99
Allendale11
Thropton11
Wark11
Lowick11
Haltwhistle11
Earsdon11
Ellington11
Embleton11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)99
Levison, Bob10
Hepple, Jack10
Charlton, Anthony9
Hedley, Annie8
Alexander8
Lowrie, Alec8
Pitt, Willie7
Foggin7
Edward6

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From 18002
From 1900100

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Up to 1999100

Archive Collection

PROBATE WITH WILL ANNEXED OF WILLIAM COULSON OF SANDHOE [NORTHUMBERLAND]

1802

Includes Will (1800) and Probate (1802)

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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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Allendale Response Book - 1Nb9

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21/Jul/1955 - 5/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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Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred exclusively in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Berwick upon Tweed : with an obituary of persons of talent, eccentricity, and longevity

Sykes, John (1837)

1824

Title vignette. Added t.p. engraved. "Proof impressions of the engraved title and vignette, and the representation of the rare coin of Ecgfrith [mounted] at the bottom of page 264, are peculiar to...

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book I: The Farm [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book II: Farming [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book III: Animals [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book IV: Nature [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book VI: The Human Body [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book VIII: Social Activities [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

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

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Lowick Response Book - 1Nb1
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Notes [Lowick Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953

Notes section at the rear of the Lowick response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality.

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Embleton Response Book - 1Nb2
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Book I: The Farm [Embleton Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

18/Jan/1953 - 22/Jan/1953

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

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Embleton Response Book - 1Nb2
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Book II: Farming [Embleton Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

18/Jan/1953 - 22/Jan/1953

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

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