THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

VARIOUS

DING 2021: "Prolific antiquarian, born in Stockton-on-Tees, Dur. He showed a great interest in local history and literary antiquities from an early age. He worked first for a Stockton solicitor and shortly afterwards became a conveyancer. He lived in London from 1774. Initially he was specially interested in the ballad poetry of the middle ages. In the following years he published several anthologies of Durham, Yorkshire, Northumberland and Northern poetry. All of them appear among EDD's primary sources. Nevertheless, they include, if at all, few poems written in dialect or containing dialect."

WORKS

1784. ed. The Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel. Stockton: Printed by R. Christopher. EDD.

1788. ed. The Yorkshire Garland. York: Printed by N. Frobisher. EDD.

1791. ed. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry. London: T. and J. Egerton. SC. EDD.

1793. ed. The Northumberland Garland. Newcastle. Newcastle: Hall and Elliot. EDD.

1802. ed. The North Country Chorister. Durham: Printed by L. Pennington. EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

Joseph RITSON (M: 1752 Oct 2 - 1803 Sep 23)

Select Collection Of English Songs [p|1783]

Bibliographia Poetica [n|1802]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Barczewski, Stephanie L. 2004. "Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Accessed 27th May 2021.