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CHESHIRE
DING 2012: "Egerton Leigh was a Cheshire politician and author. He was educated at Eton College. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire, Justice of the Peace for Cheshire, High Sheriff of Cheshire and Member of Parliament for Mid-Cheshire. He lived at Gloucester, Cheshire and Nottighamshire. He is buried at Twemlow, Chs.”
WORKS
1867. Ballads and Legends of Cheshire. London: Longmans and Co. SC. EDD.
1877. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire. London: Hamilton, Adams and Co. EDD.
KINGKONG PROJECT
Egerton LEIGH (M: 1815 Mar 17 - 1876 Jul 1)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
Harrison, Simon. 2004. "Leigh, Egerton (1815–1876)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16379, accessed 8 May 2015]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerton_Leigh
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/leigh/leigh.html
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
WEST MIDLANDS
CHESHIRE VERSE
Egerton Leigh
(1815-1876)
(1867)