THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

BERKSHIRE

DING 2013: “Born in Westhoughton, Lan., he first went to school in Clitheroe and later studied in Oxford. For a year, in 1879, he was curate at Sandhurst and spent the next six years at Reading. In 1886 he became rector of Barkham where he remained until his death. He was a historian and prolific writer. He was an active member of the Berkshire Archaeological Society where he served as Secretary for almost 40 years and then as President. One of the papers in Bygone Berkshire deals with Berkshire dialect. It was written by Rev. M. J. Bacon, once curate at Newton.”

WORKS

1896. Bygone Berkshire. London: William Andrews & Co. SC. EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Rev, Peter Hampson DITCHFIELD {UK} (M: 1854 Apr 20 - 1930 Sep 23) (&ps: P HAMPSON)

26481 The Romance Of Mathematics (ps: P HAMPSON) [1886]

Our English Villages [n|1889]

14315 Old English Sports, Pastimes And Customs [n|1891]

8485 Books Fatal To Their Authors [n|1895]

Old English Customs Extant At The Present Time [n|1896]

9197 English Villages [n|1901/06]

13363 The Parish Clerk [1907]

28742 Memorials Of Old London (ed) [2v|n|1908]