1 janv. 1586 - walk milne

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The regional word for a fulling-mill. Early evidence occurs in by-names and minor place-names: 1350 ‘half an acre in the <i>Walkmylneholme</i>’, Lepton (YDK2); 1379 <i>Johannes Walkmylne,</i> Sheffield (PTWR); 1438 ‘repairing the <i>walkemylnedam</i>’, Leeds (Th575). As a vocabulary item it is on record from the same period: 1359 <i>juxta aquam qu? currit usque le Walkemilne</i>, Ripon (SS74/282); 1488 <i>ij milnes there, that is to sey a corne mylne and a walk milne,</i> Woodsome (YDK11); 1519 <i>a walke mylne with decourse of watir</i>, Longwood (KM/177). The regional term was recognised and ‘translated’ by clerks, at least partially: 1586 <i>all that fulling or walke mylne</i>, Netherthong (MD28).

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