jan 1, 1509 - styway
Description:
A late alternative of ‘sty’ which may have developed when the meaning of that word was no longer transparent. 1432 <i>a way called a stighway</i>, Hipperholme (WYAS618); 1509 <i>a styway goyng frome Crosseland to a house called the helme</i>, Meltham (WBD/2/30). The OED has no references to ‘sty’ later than 1430, except in the alliterative phrase ‘by sty and street’. The EDD has ‘sty-road’ in Wakefield in 1865.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1509
Now
~ 516 years ago