DIALECT & HERITAGE: Do you have family from one of these East Anglian villages?
DIALECT & HERITAGE: Do you have family from one of these East Anglian villages?
We are looking for people who have long family connections to the following villages listed below and the descendants of people who contributed to the University of Leeds’ Survey of English Dialects 1946 – 1978. You can play a vital part in celebrating the history of East Anglia accents, words and grammar and help cutting-edge research into language change and linguistic identity conducted at the University of Leeds.
NORFOLK
- Ashwellthorpe
- Blickling
- Docking
- Garboldisham
- Gooderstone
- Great Snoring
- Grimston
- Ludham
- North Elham
- Outwell
- Pulham St. Mary
- Reedham
- Shipdham
SUFFOLK
- Kedington
- Kersey
- Mendlesham
- Tuddenham (nr Bury St Edmunds)
- Yoxford
ESSEX
- Belchamp Water
- Canewdon
- Cornish Hall End
- Doddinghurst
- East Mersea
- Great Chesterford
- Henham
- High Easter
- Little Baddow
- Little Bentley
- Netteswell
- Stisted
- Tillingham
- Tiptree
- West Bergholt
If you, your parents, grandparents or other relatives have a connection to these historical dialect studies or these villages, the project would love to hear from you. We would like to interview you as part of our dialect research and will be able to share audio recordings, photos and other archive materials from the villages and people who took part in the original survey.
The project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, wants to find out what dialect words and phrases are still in use and how they vary from place to place and we invite people to take part by sharing your dialect words, memories and stories or by filling out our new dialect survey.
Contact our Engagement Officer at laura.kloss@eastanglianlife.org.uk for more information or to get involved.
Links to further information:
- Follow us on Twitter – @DialectHeritage
- From this Autumn, explore our collections and contribute to our dialect research online through our new website – Coming soon
- Explore the collection Search the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture – Library | University of Leeds
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