jan 1, 1554 - croft

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In general this was a small piece of enclosed land but in Yorkshire such enclosures usually adjoined a dwelling house, a point clearly made in a tithe dispute. 1554 <i>thos be onelye Croftes and called Croftes which have a house belded apon thiem or joyninge to thiem or to be joyned to a house and inclosed from other common feldes,</i> Wetwang (YRS114/50). The word is on record from the Old English period and because it pre-dates words with a similar meaning, such as close and field, it can sometimes help to identify the location of ‘lost’ early settlements.

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