jan 1, 1481 - spar-stone

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Gypsum or plaster, used to give walls a white coat. 1299 <i>Emendacio domorum</i>: <i>Pro sparstan ... de Rither</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/91); 1395 <i>Item pro sperstane</i>, Whitby (SS72/623); 1481 <i>quandam querruram de plaster vocatam sperre stone</i>, Ripon (SS64/345). The minor place-name <i>le Sparstoncliff</i> or -<i>clyff</i> was listed by Smith in Scriven in 1439 and 1469, with a note of purchases of <i>petrarum voc. sparstonez</i> (PNWR5/116).

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