fish house

The name of a public house, on the old highway between Brighouse and Keighley, formerly a moorland crossing. The meaning of the name has been much discussed and it remains uncertain.

places Hanlith

sources East Malham court rolls

dates 1607

flash

spellings flask flosh flush

A pool or marshy spot.

places Great Ouseburn North Duffield North Stainley Hampsthwaite

sources YAS Record Series vol. 1 Selby Abbey Chartulary YAS Record Series Ripon Treasurer account rolls Parish Registers

dates 1220-1228 1407 1472-1473 1677

flasket

A shallow tub, usually of wood.

places Fixby Dalton Cottingley

sources John Thornhill's inventory,... Beaumont of Whitley Margaret Butterfeld's inven...

dates 1567 1588 1610

flat

This may sometimes be just a level piece of ground.

places Gargrave Dobcross Ferrybridge Manfield Kilvington Bulmer Elmswell

sources Wetherby session roll Janua... Pontefract session roll Apr... YAS Record Series vol. 1 Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Taylor c. Aslabie tithe cause Henry Best's Memorandum Book

dates 1220-1228 1422 1550 1556 1624 1706 1755

flat piece

A shallow vessel, often of silver gilt and usually described as ‘covered’.

places Batley Fountains Abbey

sources William Copley's will, 1490 Surtees Society Publications

dates 1490 1536

flaught

spellings flawt

A frequent alternative to ‘flaght’, said in the OED to be chiefly Scottish, but a common word in north Yorkshire for an oblong piece of heath pared from the surface and dried for fuel.

places North Duffield Grinton

sources YAS Record Series Ralfe Scotson's probate, 1590

dates 1534 1590

flaught house

A small building where flaughts were stored.

places Kirkby Malzeard

sources Deed relating to Dallowgill...

dates 1711

flaw

This is one of several Yorkshire spellings for the name once given to thin layers of heath cut for fuel.

places North Duffield Balne Airton

sources YAS Record Series East Malham court rolls

dates 1474 1611 1638

flawgraft

The right or liberty to pare and dig flaws.

places Hanlith Kirkby Malham Sherburn

sources Indenture concerning messua... YAS original documents Surtees Society Publications

dates 1303 1658 1668

flawn pot

The OED has examples of ‘flawn’ from c.1300 and defines it as a kind of custard or cheese-cake.

places Bradley Bolton by Bowland Scarborough

sources Pontefract session roll May... YAS Record Series Surtees Society vol. 2

dates 1200-1299 1319 1698

flay

spellings flee fleer

It is used most commonly to describe the action of skinning an animal.

places Beverley Bolton by Bowland Idle Langfield Slaithwaite

sources YAS Record Series Information of John Greenew... Bradford session roll July ... Wakefield Court Rolls 10 Oc... Slaithwaite with Lingard Co...

dates 1608 1635 1659 1674 1740

flaying knife

A knife used for skinning a carcase.

places Brough

sources Roger Burghe's will 1574-5

dates 1574

flaying spade

The spade used in paring the top sods.

places Scalthwaiterigg, Cumbria

sources Richmond wills and inventories

dates 1573

flea-bitten

Descriptive of the colouring of a horse, with bay or sorrel spots or streaks on a lighter ground (OED).

places Adwalton

sources Bradford Antiquary vol. 7

dates 1631

fleak

spellings fleick

A hurdle, often made of wattles.

places York Fountains Abbey Pudsey Kirkheaton Tong Ouseburn Idle Lepton Hutton Conyers Thornton Bridge Barnoldswick

sources Raine, York Minster Fabric ... Fountains Abbey Bursar Acco... Richard Hunter's inventory ... Manor of Heaton, 1589-1813 Articles of agreement betwe... YAS original documents Place-names of West Riding ... Miscellaneous papers, 1379-... Richmond wills and inventories Quarter Sessions Records YAS Record Series vol. 1

dates 1360 1456-1457 1570 1585 1623 1628 1640 1656 1678 1684 1689

fleak bridge

Wattled hurdles or wooden frames with bars, probably used in bridge construction.

places Cononley Thorner Malton Bedale Pickering

sources Bolton Priory Coucher Book Manor court rolls for Thorn... Quarter Sessions Records Place-names of West Riding ... North Riding Records

dates 1200-1299 1250 1325-1326 1365 1589 1606

flecked

Pied, or perhaps spotted, used of animals, particularly cattle.

places Normanton Whitwood Brayton Almondbury

sources Thoresby Society Publications William Shelito's will, 1541 Jane Gibson's will, 1660/1 Accounts of William Ramsden...

dates 1402 1539 1616 1660

fleet

Channels or courses of water, a frequent suffix in Yorkshire place-names.

places Howden Snaith Tollerton Drax Masbrough Langstrothdale

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Yorkshire Hundred Roll, Snaith Quarter Sessions Records YAS Record Series Place-names of West Riding ... Grant by William de Bradele... Grant of a selion of land i... Whitaker, History of Deaner...

dates 1189-1199 1274-1275 1347 1352 1579 1637 1840

flesh-axe

A kitchen implement, an axe for cutting up meat.

places York

sources Henry Bowet's inventory, 1423

dates 1423

flesh-crook

A hook on which to hang meat.

places York

sources Hugh Grantham's inventory, ...

dates 1410

flesh kit

A wooden tub in which meat could be stored or transported.

places Adwick le Street

sources Probate

dates 1557

flete

A raft of timber floated on the river to its destination, perhaps a spelling of ‘float’ (OED).

places York

sources Raine, York Minster Fabric ...

dates 1419

flew

An alternative spelling of flue, a type of fishing-net.

places Scarborough

sources Robert de Ryllyngton's will...

dates 1391

flick

The northern equivalent of flitch, the side of an animal, salted and cured.

places Bolton Priory Wawne Leeds Dalton Selby

sources Bolton Priory Compotus Simon Merflet's will, 1464 James Walker's will, 1541 Beaumont of Whitley York Memoranda Book

dates 1318-1319 1462 1472 1541 1588

flight-net

A net used to trap birds.

places Wath near Hovingham Birstall Ripley Whitley

sources Lancelot Stapilton's will, ... Sheard, Batley parish records Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Beaumont of Whitley: papers...

dates 1538 1577 1617 1655

flight-shot

The distance travelled by a flight-arrow, designed for long-range shooting.

places Roxby Ottringham Whitwell on the Hill

sources North Riding Records Surtees Society Publications Taylor c. Aslabie tithe cause

dates 1500 1556 1620

flit

To remove something, usually from one place to another.

places Bulmer Northowram Leeds Oakenshaw

sources Taylor c. Aslabie tithe cause Turner, Oliver Heywood's Di... Edward Iles' will, 1586 Bradford session roll July ... Davies et al., Cornelius As...

dates 1557 1586 1675 1710 1783

flite

To scold, argue, or use insulting language.

places York Skipton

sources Raine, York Minster Fabric ... YAS Record Series vol. 1 Skipton session roll July 1686

dates 1495 1543 1686

float(1)

spellings float gap float gate

Trenches taking water into fields.

places Rowley Airton Newton in Bowland Appletreewick York

sources Redmonds, Yorkshire Deeds H L Bradfer-Lawrence collec... East Malham court rolls Crosby, Mary Higham's Writings Bolton Priory Compotus Fenwick, Poll Tax York freemen's register Redmonds, Kirkheaton Places

dates 1310 1379 1415 1465 1482 1610 1789

float(2)

A tool used by bowyers, represented in the arms of the Bowyers’ Company where it is pictured as a flat plate with teeth on the under side and a handle at the top (OED).

places York

sources York freemen's register Richard Clynt's will, 1434

dates 1406 1434