This was made by tearing ships' ropes into small fragments – a task
known as picking oakum – by the inmates of the workhouse and
prison
During the bad harvests of 1314-1319 and other times, oats fared
better than most crops.
The cereal was eaten as havercake and as a porridge, and the straw
was fed cattle and horses.
Grain was also used as wall cavity insulation.
Corn was not produced locally – even though the mills which
ground the oats are called corn mills.
In January 1928, the pension was 10/- per week
See
New draperies
The written languages uses the letters
þ / Þ / ð / Ð
and the spelling and grammar reflects the Germanic roots of the
language.
King Alfred wrote in this form and translated the Bible
and other works into Old English.
The language is virtually unintelligible to the untrained reader
today.
Old English should not be confused with the Celtic languages
which were, and still are, spoken in the western fringes of Britain
as Cornish, Welsh, Manx, Irish Gaelic
and Scottish Gaelic.
Around 1350, Old English gave way to Middle English
The garden was managed by an olitor
When the word is encountered in place names – such as
Oliver Hall, Elland
and
Oliver Meadows
- it often indicates a place where a forge or smithy once stood, or
where iron-working was carried out
The Foldout presents
gives the lyric and more information about On Ilkley moor baht
'at.
See
Baht and
Ilkley Moor
See
The Estate Worker's Cottage Shibden Hall
See
Laudanum
The orders of 1807 banned trade with France and were a consequence of
the Napoleonic Wars.
They were intended to prevent neutral powers trading with France,
thus giving war a priority over the needs of the people and industry.
The orders angered the Americans who passed a Non-Intercourse
Act in 1811, and cut off the major markets for the woollen trade
in Yorkshire, and also aggravated conditions for the Luddites.
The Orders were repealed on 18th June, 1812
6 inch to 1 mile maps appeared after the Ordnance Survey Act
[1841].
In 1873, the first Ordnance Survey map of the whole of Britain was
published
Akroyd's records show that they produced a
figured Orleans in 1838
See
Wough
The ounce is still valid as a unit for trade in the UK, following
legislation of 1994/5 which replaced some imperial units by metric
units
See
Fluid ounce,
Ounce apothecaries and
Troy ounce
See
Apothecary
See
Indoor-Relief
See
Out-poor 1787
The village Outlane is in Kirklees
An outlaw could be legally killed on sight by anyone who met him, and
was said to have:
See
Rake
See
Lacey Hey Farm, Midgley and
Old Earth Farm, Elland
George Redmonds records
See
Guardian of the Poor,
Pauper and
Poor apprentice
Pearson suggests that Northowram is a form
of North-over-ham, indicating that it lies north of the Town,
whereas Southowram lies to the south – but avoids the question
... which Town?
See
Ouram
Oyer and terminer was a royal commission giving power to hold
courts, and to hear and judge causes and complaints raised by
individuals
a wolf's head
which could be cut off by anyone.
At one time, a fee of 5/- was paid for an outlaw's head.
If formally captured, an outlaw was hanged.
An outlaw could buy his pardon and be reinstated into the law
an oversee coverynge of a bedde [1544]
a carpet of overse work [1562]
an over-sea hanging of wrought stuff [1646]
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