1 gen 1686 anni - stream

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In many early documents this was not a synonym for brook or beck but a reference to the current or main flow of a river, especially where it provided power by turning a water wheel. 1491 <i>inter Bulderclogh et Styes cote long egge et le streme de Caldre</i>, Sowerby (MD225/1/216); 1580 <i>and the streame or course of water running from the upper end of a little holme ... until the Milne damme</i>, Barkisland (HM/B/140); 1628 <i>occupieth one Corne millne and two Fulling Mylnes upon ... Ayre and paieth for the Streame</i>, Leeds (Th57/158). In 1683, after serious flooding at Harewood Bridge, reference was made to <i>the Streame of the said Water which used to rune under the South side of the said bridge, now is turned and doth rune to the North side </i>(QS1/22/6). In Kettlewell in 1686 <i>the landstayes</i> were <i>in danger to be carried away by the violence of the stream</i> (QS1/26/1).

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