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Author: William Bentley (1747-1811)

Text type: Varia

Date of composition: 1789

Editions: 1789

Source text:

Bentley, William. 1789. “Vocabulary of Uncommon Words used in the Parish of Halifax”.   [The] History of the Town and Parish of Halifax, containing a Description of the Town, ... Also, its Antient Customs, and Modern Improvements. .... Halifax: printed for N. Frobisher, York, and S. Crowther, London: 86-89.

e-text:

           Access and transcription: January 2015

           Format: MS Word   Pdf

           Number of words: 2,145

            Dialect represented: Halifax, Yorkshire

            Produced by  Paula Shintu Martínez

            Revised by Javier Ruano-García

William Bentley

(1747-1811)