jan 1, 1520 - damstead
Description:
The site of a dam, that is the bank constructed across a stream and the water thus retained. 1472 ‘a parcel of land called <i>le Damestede</i> in the townships of <i>Woumbewelle and Brampton</i>’ (YRS63/145); 1520 <i>Peter [Merefelde] grants that Dame Margery [Danby] may ... make and bynde in uppon the grounde and soyll of the said Petre a damstede to the use of her Smythyes</i>, Farnley near Leeds (YRS120/67).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1520
Now
~ 505 years ago