jan 1, 1608 - banister

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A wooden panier or hamper which served to carry heavy loads, especially charcoal. They were used in pairs, placed over the backs of horses, one on each side, and had a bottom which pulled out <i>for the convenience of emptying</i> (SS65/311): 1299-1300 <i>In banastris et durges</i>; 1306-7 <i>Pro j pari de banastris</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/105,215); 1568 <i>the quarter ys a horsselode of coll put into banesteres of wood</i>, Esholt (BAS10/246); 1608 <i>5 pair of New Banisters</i>, Barnby Forge (DD70/56); 1732 <i>William Lindley … says that he was bound apprentice to a banister maker, </i>Dodworth (SS65/311).

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