pull

To draw up a mine-shaft, using a windlass or gin.

places Farnley Swillington Tong Elsecar

sources Farnley pit accounts 1690-1720 Lowther MSS Account book of coals got a... Joshua Arthington's sccount... Hunter Archaeological Socie...

dates 1690 1715 1729-1730 1752 1762

pullan

A colt, from Old French poulain.

places Emley Spofforth Richmond York

sources Isabella Fitzwilliam's will... Henry de Percy's will, 1351/2 Thomas de Dalby's inventory... Helen Welles' will, 1437

dates 1348 1349 1400 1437

pullen

Poultry, domestic fowl.

places Ripon York Wakefield Rastrick Cannon Hall Clifton Brandsby

sources Surtees Society Publications York House Book 2, 3 & 4 Thomas Grice's will, 1546 Elizabeth Thornhill's inven... Bradford Antiquary vol. 7 Pontefract session roll Apr... Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1329 1485 1546 1585 1617 1642 1710

pullished

spellings polished

Made smooth by friction, an obsolete spelling of polished.

places Knaresborough

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo...

dates 1538

pull to

To close, drawing the door towards one.

places Haworth

sources Pontefract session roll Apr...

dates 1739

pump(1)

Mechanical device for moving water.

places Ripley Humber estuary Barnbow

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Salzmann, English Industries Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1440 1486 1617 1640

pump(2)

A kind of light shoe.

places Brandsby Wetherby Meltham

sources Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Wetherby session roll Janua... George Redmonds Papers

dates 1614 1750 1770

punch(1)

To deliver a sharp blow with the foot or knee.

places Meltham Sheffield

sources Quarter Session rolls 1662-... Sheffield session roll Octo...

dates 1675 1754

punch(2)

A pit-prop.

places Sheffield Elsecar

sources Hunter Archaeological Socie... Hunter Archaeological Socie...

dates 1637 1778

puncheon

A short upright piece of timber which served to support the long horizontal beams in a house frame, something like a ‘stud’.

places Swinsty Beckwith Whitkirk Farnley Tong

sources Henry Robinson's inventory,... William Waide's will, 1658 Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Farnley pit accounts 1690-1720 Account book of coals got a...

dates 1639 1658 1683 1693 1760

punt

A flat-bottomed, shallow boat, used on inland waters as a ferry or for fishing.

places Stockeld

sources Account book 1653-1655

dates 1653

pured grey

Used of fur from the back of the squirrel, trimmed so that none of the white belly fur can be seen.

places Beverley

sources Richard Wyntworth's will, 1449

dates 1450

purfle

To decorate the borders of a garment, as with gold or silver thread.

places Calverley Seacroft Pontefract

sources Thoresby Society Publications Elisabeth Shaw's will, 1532 Jennet Ardington's will, 1558

dates 1388 1532 1558

purl(1)

A rill or small stream, flowing water.

places Falsgrave Kirkheaton Batley

sources North Riding Records Place-names of West Riding ...

dates 1246-1255 1331 1584

purl(2)

A spelling of 'purfle', to edge with gold or silver thread.

places Pontefract

sources Elisabeth Henrison's will, ...

dates 1544

purlin

Examples in the OED date from 1447 and it is said to be a horizontal beam which runs along the length of a roof and rests on the principal rafters.

places York

sources Salzmann, Building in Engla...

dates 1341

purpose

In the reference quoted here, ‘to purpose’ meant ‘as a result’ or just 'considerably'.

places Northowram

sources Turner, Oliver Heywood's Di...

dates 1677

purpresture

A legal term for an encroachment or trespass, recorded from a.1190 (OED).

places Byland Abbey Pickering Methley

sources YAS Record Series North Riding Records Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1279 1377 1498-1499

purse-net

A net like a purse, with ends which could be drawn together by string. It was used principally to catch rabbits.

places Brandsby

sources Quarter Sessions Records Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1612 1613 1622

push-plough

A spade, shod in the form of an arrow. The workman pushed the implement through the sods to pare them.

places South Crosland

sources George Redmonds Papers

dates 1816

put forth

To place an apprentice with a master, now more usually to put out.

places Lepton Slaithwaite

sources Beaumont of Whitley Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1625 1698

put off

To pass counterfeit or clipped money.

places Wakefield

sources Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1701

put to

To close a door by pushing it away from one’s body.

places Conisbrough

sources Doncaster session roll Janu...

dates 1699

puttock

A bird of prey, probably the kite, although the by-name occurs much earlier than examples quoted elsewhere.

places Bolton Priory

sources Bolton Priory Compotus

dates 1304-1305

putts

Furs made of the paws of an animal, usually the squirrel according to Veale (EMV221).

places York Harewood

sources York Memoranda Book Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1500 1531

pyx

spellings pix

A box or coffer but principally the vessel in which the consecrated bread of the sacrament is reserved.

places Halifax Otley

sources William Fyrth's will 1490 James Thornton's will, 1542/3

dates 1490 1542

quaking

spellings quakerly

Words used pejoratively when referring to Quakers, the religious society founded by George Fox in 1648-50.

places West Riding Thorne

sources Quarter sessions order book... Quarter Session rolls 1662-... Skipton session roll July 1723

dates 1656 1662 1723

quare

spellings quere

Spellings of 'where'.

places Ovenden Richmond

sources YAS Record Series Henry Wallar's will 1541

dates 1489 1542

quarrel(1)

spellings querrell wharrell wharl wherelle wharls

Early alternative spellings of ‘quarry’, a place where stone is excavated.

places Ilkley Richmond Sherburn in Elmet Catterick Ripon Leeds Stockeld Almondbury Bradford Kirklees

sources YAS Record Series Grant by Ellen widow of Joh... Fenwick, Poll Tax Quarter Sessions Records Ripon Minster fabric rolls Thoresby Society Publications Accounts at Stockeld 1578-1582 Ramsden of Byram and Longley Calverley court rolls 1691-... Beaumont of Whitley Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1290 1316 1379 1422 1425 1500 1581 1609 1634 1672 1693

quarrel(2)

A square or diamond-shaped piece of glass, of the kind used in lattice windows.

places York Birstall

sources Raine, York Minster Fabric ...

dates 1575-1576 1577

quarrier

The workman responsible for a quarry of stone, or a worker in a quarry.

places Bolton Priory Embsay York

sources Bolton Priory Compotus Fenwick, Poll Tax Raine, York Minster Fabric ...

dates 1297 1323 1400

quarry

In occasional use for a coal-pit, possibly a ‘day-hole’.

places Baildon

sources Baildon, Baildon and the Ba...

dates 1615

quart

A measure for liquids, and the container which held that amount.

places Warsop Ripley

sources Testamenta Eboracensia 3 Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1407 1686

quarter

A measure of capacity, commonly used for grain, and usually equal to eight bushels.

places Ryton Walton Knaresborough Elmswell Colsterdale Stanley

sources Walter Percehay's will, 1346 John Fayrfax's will, 1393 Richard Dearlove's will, 1523 Henry Best's Farming Book Ashcroft & Jones, Monastic ... Wakefield Court Rolls 11 Ju...

dates 1333 1339 1343 1393 1522 1642

quarter cliff

Wood cut into four parts.

places Elmswell Conistone

sources Henry Best's Farming Book Richard Wigglesworth's Acco...

dates 1642 1686 1694

quarterdware

One example noted, in the ordinances of York’s shoemakers.

places York

sources York Memoranda Book

dates 1424

quartern

spellings whartern walltron

A quarter of anything, a measure of numerous commodities, especially wool.

places Bolton Priory York Leeds Abbotside Brandsby Cottingley Conistone Gomersal Wakefield

sources Bolton Priory Compotus Raine, York Minster Fabric ... York House Book 2, 3 & 4 Testamenta Eboracensia 4 Thoresby Society Publications YAS Record Series vol. 130 Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Preston, Probate of Crosley... Richard Wigglesworth's Acco... Leeds session roll October ... John Brearley's Memorandum ...

dates 1312-1313 1399 1484 1504 1576 1605 1615 1622 1686 1724 1758

queat

For wheat.

places Kendal

sources Richmond wills and inventories

dates 1568

quell

spellings qweyll qwhell

Regional spellings of wheel, usually in the sense of spinning-wheel.

places Bedale Wakefield York Attercliffe Halton West

sources Thomas Walker's will 1542-43 Elizabeth Smalpaige's will,... Webb, Churchwardens' Accounts John Daille's will, 1547 Fenwick, Poll Tax

dates 1379 1522-1523 1542 1547 1557

quenshe

For wench, a girl, a characteristic regional spelling.

places Knaresborough

sources Thomas Belyngham's will, 1559

dates 1558

quere

A regional spelling for choir or quire, that part of a church reserved for the choristers.

places York Allerton Mauleverer Glaisdale Middleton

sources York House Book 6 Redmonds, Yorkshire Deeds Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... William Wylle's will 1559

dates 1487 1491 1555 1559

querell

An early alternative spelling of ‘coral’, used in necklaces.

places Wollaton

sources Isabel de Wyleby's will, 1416

dates 1415

quern

spellings whern whearn

Used for grinding, typically for malt, mustard or pepper.

places York Beverley Bossall Barkston Ash Whitkirk Spaldington South Cave Sheffield

sources Hugh Grantham's inventory, ... John Brompton's will, 1444 John Alott's will, 1455 John Carter's inventory, 1485 Thoresby Society Publications Edward Beuerley's will, 1558 George Vavasor's inventory,... John Johnson's will, 1571 Robert Hunt's inventory, 1575 South Yorkshire collection

dates 1410 1444 1455 1485 1518 1558 1561 1570 1575 1692

quest

Short for inquest.

places Almondbury

sources Parish Registers

dates 1594

questor

A pardoner, an official appointed by the Pope or a bishop to grant indulgences.

places York

sources York freemen's register York Chamberlains' Roll 147... William Smyth'e will, 1509

dates 1419 1470-1471 1509

quick

spellings whicking

Short for quick-grass, a term used for weeds, especially couch grass.

places Morley Sessay Ovenden

sources Pontefract session roll Apr... Dyson, William Metcalfe's Book Cornelius Ashworth's diary,...

dates 1740 1796 1809

quickfall

spellings whickfall

Possibly haws collected for the propagation of quicksets.

places Wakefield Fountains Abbey Kirkheaton York Kirkham

sources Faull & Moorhouse, West Yor... Fountains Abbey Bursar Acco... Court Roll West Heaton, 146... York House Book 6 Thomas Swynton Memorandum B... York Memoranda Book Taylor c. Aslabie tithe cause

dates 1391 1457-1458 1474 1488 1556

quick goods

Quick or live animals, livestock.

places Ripon Yeadon Elmswell

sources Ripon Cathedral Act Book 14... Thomas Ward's will, 1557 Henry Best's Farming Book

dates 1485 1556 1642

quickset

spellings whickset

Slips or cuttings of plants, especially whitethorn, set in the ground to form a hedge.

places Woodsome Danby Kirby Misperton Dewsbury Beeston

sources Kaye Commonplace Book Quarter Sessions Records YAS Record Series Dewsbury Court Roll Denison papers

dates 1530 1560 1580 1597 1609

Quickstavers

A place-name in Sowerby near Halifax. It means ‘live stakes’ and was evidently a location where such stakes had taken root.

places Sowerby near Halifax

sources Manor of Wakefield court ro...

dates 1515-1516

quickwood

spellings whickwood

Living wood, commonly used of whitethorn as a hedge plant.

places Huddersfield Spofforth Dewsbury Brandsby Yeadon York Southowram

sources Lease of land in Huddersfie... Accounts of William Ramsden... Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Whittle, Yeadon Court Rolls York House Book 7 YAS Record Series

dates 1436 1455 1492 1545 1562 1573 1614

quillet

A small plot or narrow strip of land, first on record in an Act of 1533-4 (OED).

places Settrington

sources YAS Record Series vol. 1

dates 1600

quilting-frame

A frame on which a counterpane is stretched during the quilting process.

places Slaidburn

sources Spencer, Slaidburn and Bowl...

dates 1756

quince

Used here of the tree, one of several experimental plantings by the Cholmeleys in the seventeenth century.

places Brandsby

sources Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1621