milnestone-maker

1) The millstones were quarried and shaped high above the valleys, along the grit-stone edges, and roads were made so that they might be more easily transported (HPP100-5). The occupational term occurs only occasionally.

1593 John Harrison, Rawden, par. Guysley, milnestone maker.

places Rawdon
dates 1593

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