Survey of English Dialects
Egloshayle, Cornwall
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Type
sound
Duration
00:06:07
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/26
Recording date
1963/03/29
Recording locations
Egloshayle, Cornwall: OS Grid Reference(200500,72500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (b.1926
Speakers
Richard, Leonard (b.1889, male, retired miller)
Description
Leonard talks about his working life and his father’s mill. He also recalls a character from the village in his younger days. Sladesbridge (just to the southeast of Egloshayle) is a nearby village and Wadebridge (just to the west) the nearest town. Dunmere is a village further to the southeast on the outskirts of the town of Bodmin and Exeter a city to the northwest. Salisbury Plain (further to the northwest) is one of Great Britain's best-known open spaces, consisting of a plateau-like area covering about 300 square miles in the county of Wiltshire.
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Egloshayle, Cornwall
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