THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

CUMBERLAND

WESTMORELAND

N. LANCASHIRE

DING 2014: "He was Rector of Torver from 1861, where he had the Rectory built in 1868. Prior to that he had been Master of St. Bees Grammar School. He was a member of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society.”

WORKS

1895. Lakeland and Iceland; being a glossary of words in the dialect of Cumberland, Westmoreland and north Lancashire which seem allied to or identical with the Icelandic or Norse, together with cognate place-names and surnames, and a supplement of words used in shepherding, folk-lore and antiquities. London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde. SC. EDD.

NOT IN KINGKONG PROJECT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Elwood, Thomas. 1888. Leaves from the annals of a mountain parish in Lakeland: A Sketch of the History of the Church and Benefice of Torver. Ulverston: Printed by James Atkinson.

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