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Re: OT: baloney and cheese

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 8:20
Staving John Cowan:


>BTW, the Four Farthings of JRRT's Shire are explicitly modeled on the >Yorkshire ridings, with "farthing" = "fourth-part" (a former coin worth >1/4 of a penny) used instead of "thriding".
Other traditional subdivisions of shires. Rape used in Sussex Wapentake not sure, probably somewhere in East Anglia. Hundred almost universal. Soke The area around Peterborough. Pete

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