Survey of English Dialects
Allendale, Northumberland
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:30
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/41
Recording date
1955
Recording locations
Allendale Town, Northumberland: OS Grid Reference(383500,555500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (male, SED fieldworker)
Speakers
Sparks, George (b.1898, male, lead miner and farmer)
Description
George discusses changes in the nature of farming locally. He explains how numerous former smallholdings under individual ownership have been merged into single farms, and he laments the subsequent loss of traditional practices, particularly the use of middens. Byerhope Farm is south of Allendale Common on the hills above Allenheads.
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