| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| 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
| John Cowan <cowan@...> |