Distinct from landiron (1). It was a kind of iron regularly imported into Hull in the fifteenth century from the Low Countries, possibly inferior in quality to osmunds.
In earlier centuries this was a wooden model of the foot on which shoemakers shaped boots and shoes, and the craftsman is likely to have had a large number at his disposal.
The usual Yorkshire spelling of ‘lath’, the thin strip of wood on which roof slates or tiles were secured, or a base for plaster on walls and ceilings.
An archaic word for a mixed metal which was very similar to brass. It was used for many household items, such as basins, ladles, skimmers, but was commonly the metal from which candle-sticks were made.
There are two distinct meanings, and the earliest references are to those buildings in which lead was kept during major construction projects, such as the minsters in Ripon and York.