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Welcome to the Glossary of terms

Where possible terminology which may be unfamiliar has been explained within the pages. This page summarises some of the historic terms found.

Here is the A-Z index for this web site

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

D

Demense - "Manorial land retained for the private use of a feudal lord"

H

Hide - A hide is a variable measure of land, but was generally about 120 acres and enough to support one family with one plough

Q

Queese - "a wood-pigeon"

S

Slade - "a liitle valley"

V

Villeins - "men who held land by a servile tenure"
 
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