THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

DING 2016: He was a landowner and bibliophile residing most of his life at Chavenage House, nr. Tetbury, Glo. He graduated from Oriel College, Ox., in 1785. He was a founding member of the Roxburghe Club. His list of provincialisms appeared at the end of the catalogue used to sell his library after his death. He was Rev. Richard Webster Huntley's neighbour and friend. His list of Gloucestershire provincialisms possibly inspired Huntley's monograph on the Cotswold dialect.”

WORKS

1842. “Provincialisms”. Collectanea Glocestriensia, or, A catalogue of books, tracts, prints, coins, & c. relating to the county of Gloucester, in the possession of John Delafield Phelps Esq., Chavenage House. London: John Nicol: 263-283. SC. EDD.

NOT IN KINGKONG PROJECT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Anonymous. 1842. “Obituary”. The Annual Register 14: 309.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D76642

http://www.simonchorley.com/Portals/11/pdf/May%202013%20Pre-sale%20PR.pdf

Sutton, Alan.ed. 2008. The Dialect and Folk Phrases of the Cotswolds. Stroud, Glo.: Amberley Publishing: 13-14.

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John Delafield Phelps

(1764-1842)