1 gen 1611 anni - pinfold

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The fold where stray animals were kept until payment was made to secure their release. The spelling variations reflect its association with the verb to pind and with pound meaning enclosure. First noted in an undated thirteenth-century document: ‘taken away on account of the <i>pondfald</i>’, Drax (YRS12/124). Later examples include: 1335 ‘which toft lay between <i>le Punfald</i> on the east side and the road’, Sewerby (YRS69/130); 1473 <i>unius parcellae terrae ... vocatae Pynfald</i>, Ripon (SS81/241); 1509-10 <i>pro firma unius horti 8d nuper Pynfolde</i>, Ripon (SS81/174); 1522-3 <i>shalle lowse thame oute of the pynde folde</i>, Hudswell (MC79); 1611 <i>the pindfould</i>, Malham (DDMa).

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