jan 1, 1556 - marler

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The by-name occurred in Rimington where marl was being excavated. 1331 ‘meadows, roads, paths, moors, marlpits and marshes’, Rimington (YRS56/209); 1379 <i> Johannes Merler </i>, Rimington (PTWR). An implement described as <i> on marling wembell </i> in a Mowbrick inventory of 1556 suggests that borings were made to determine where marl might be obtained (SS26/93).

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