jan 1, 1675 - crock bank

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Possibly an ingle-nook bench, since Halliwell noted that ‘crock’ in Westmorland was the back of the chimney. 1675 <i>a skin laped up in a poake and put betwixt a crock bancke and the chimlay,</i> Scotton (QS1/15/1). If that is not the meaning it might be a rack or set of shelves for pots, comparable with dish bank or benk.

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