jan 1, 1697 - within

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A willow tree or willow copse, found commonly as an element in minor place-names. 1315 ‘the vaccary of the <i>Wythenes</i>’, Sowerby (YRS57/74); 1360 ‘a meadow … in <i>le Wythyns</i>’, Fixby (YRS63/33); 1539 <i>John Sutclif of Wethyns</i>, Heptonstall (Clay124); 1592 ‘The <i>Wythin Carr</i> pasture’, Methley (Th35/124-5). It remained in use as a dialect word: 1697 <i>carried away a piece of wood called a saugh or within</i>, Wadsworth (QS1).

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