Local Organisations
History of Yorkshire Dialect
Text in Yorkshire Dialect

Local Organisations

Yorkshire Dialect Society

The Yorkshire Dialect Society was founded in Bradford on 27 March l897. The society is interested in speech and literature, and organises lectures on language topics. It also publishes an annual journal, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, which has in the past included articles that have made an important contribution to English language studies. Link to the Yorkshire Dialect Society.

History of Yorkshire Dialect

Yorkshire Dialect

Barry Rawling's dialect site, hosted by the College of York St. John, contains a description of Yorkshire dialect and details of its historical development. Additionally, there are resource pages (providing bibliographies and useful archive links) for students and researchers of the dialect, including details of Orton's Survey of English Dialects. Link to Yorkshire Dialect.

Text in Yorkshire Dialect

Yorkshire Dialect Words of Old Norse Origin

This Web page presents an alphabetical list of Yorkshire dialect words of Old Norse origin. Link to the Viking Network.

Yorkshire Dialect Poetry

This Web page contains a collection of Yorkshire dialect poems. Link to Yorkshire Dialect Poetry.

GENUKI

The Yorkshire Genealogy Site run by Colin Hinson and Angela Petyt has a number of pages relating to East Riding dialect including:

Yorkshire Folk Talk by the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, Vicar of Newton-on-Ouse, 1892. Link

Glossary of old Yorkshire words compiled from a number of sources. Link.

Venacular about East Riding dialect. Link.