The vocabulary of East Anglia;. an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of the twin sister counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the eighteenth century, and still exists; with proof of its antiquity from etymology and authority..... By the late Rev. Robert Forby, rector of Fincham, Surrey. In two volumes. ...
Robert Forby
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3154519
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., [1] plate:. port.;. 12mo. Remnants of white label on front pastedown. Vol. 1 contains unopened pages. Leaf omitted (torn) between pages 120-1. Vol. 2 pencil annotations on front flyleaf recto. Binding: red-brown cloth over boards, tan paper spine label, black lettering.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
Robert Forby Forby, Robert