A Quiz based upon words of the 1720s.
What are the meanings of the following words taken from John Watts Memorandum of 1722-3 and 1728-9?
1. SALLETS
2. BEARWARDS
3. BROACHES
4. NEATS
5. COLLATION
6. COLLERD
7. MONTEBANKS
8. RACK
9. BACON CHINES
10. PIBBLES
11. HERRIOTS
12. FORESTALLERS
13. MATTOCKS
14. CALLOPS
15. HIGLARS
16. CAMSHOTS
17. WEAL
18. WHEN IS ST. MATTHEW’S DAY?
For those of you who know Reading and District where were these places in 1720?
- CONDUIT PLACE
- WATERY ROAD
- POTTMANS BRIDGE ROAD
- CROWN FIELDS
- SHERVILL
- SHEFFIELD MILL ON KENNET
- SHAMBLES AT BROWN’S HILL
The answers will be available either by attending the Spencers Wood Carnival, or in next month’s Loddon Reach.
Margaret Bampton