jan 1, 1638 - greave

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A regional word for a small wood, similar in meaning to ‘grove’ which was not used in Yorkshire. 1527 <i>Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Walton … hath bargaigned & solde unto the said Richard Beaumont two greafes of wodde that oon called the olerhede otherwise holroide and that other Frere Parke,</i> Denby in Kirkheaton (WBD/3/32); 1638 <i>the two greaves lying on the upper side of the house, </i>Lepton (WBD/4/181).

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