Survey of English Dialects
Cornwood, Devon
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Type
sound
Duration
00:04:44
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/31
Recording date
1964
Recording locations
Cornwood, Devon: OS Grid Reference(260500,59500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Wakelin, Martyn (male, SED Editor)
Speakers
Small, F. H. W. (b.1882, male, foreman clay-worker)
Description
Mr Small describes how the locally mined china clay was transported to Plymouth for export. Lee Moor (just to the northwest of Cornwood) is a nearby village and Cann Wood an area of woodland just to the west. Newton Abbot (to the northeast) is a nearby town and Plymouth (to the southwest) the nearest city.
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Cornwood, Devon
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