jan 1, 1541 - spiking

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A spike-nail; that is a large and strong nail. 1299-1300 <i>Et in spikynges ferris emptis ad eandem bercariam xxvjs ixd</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/105); 1350-60 <i>Pro clavis ferri, videlicit, spykynges et broddes et aliis 16s</i>, York (SS35/3); 1446-7 <i>c dimidia clavis vocatis spykyngs</i>, Beverley (ERAS6/78). References to single, middle and double spikings were also frequent and they gave rise to by-names: 1379 <i>John Spikyng</i>, Bishop Monkton (PTWR) and field names: 1323 <i>Spikyng</i>, Snaith; 1516 <i>Dublespyk</i>(inges); 1541 <i>Singlespyk</i>(inges), Tadcaster (PNWR). Such names were common enough for us to suspect that they described a narrow triangular piece of land and that this was the shape of the nail.

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