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Post by felonious on Dec 30, 2019 20:37:34 GMT
Always wondered where the name Glebe came from but I've always forgotton to check. It's an old word for an area of land used to support the parish priest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe |
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Post by felonious on Dec 30, 2019 20:40:18 GMT
The Wammy.
Even Mervyn Edwards doesn't know.
Mervyn thinks it may come from the old English word "wamble" which, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, means "to roll about in walking, to go with an unsteady gait".
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Dec 30, 2019 20:40:33 GMT
Sneyd is another one that pops up in many different parts of North Staffs Fel
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Post by felonious on Dec 30, 2019 20:52:18 GMT
Sneyd is another one that pops up in many different parts of North Staffs Fel That's an easy one matey the Sneyd family owned Keele Hall and a few of the local pits before Corbyn nationalised them  A few decades back I stayed with 4 members of the Sneyd family over in and around Toronto. Their father was a friend of a good friend of ours and she'd met him up at the university when he came to research the family tree. I mentioned it on another thread recently. All seven of his kids eventually made the trip to Keele and the family joke referred to being "Keelehauled" |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 21:10:32 GMT
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