I asked: > Can anyone tell me, please, what hind would have meant in a Durham context? Geoff Nicholson <GNicresearch@aol.com> replied: > You are correct in that a hind was a farm labourer. It is my understanding > that the requirement to provide female labour as well as his own was Scottish > practice, and probably also applicable in the northern part of > Northumberland: I don't think that was necessary in southern Co Durham. Thanks for the help, Arthur

From The 1870 American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster LL.D. Hind , n ( O. Eng. & Scot. hyne, hine, A S Hine, hina, with of sufffixed; A S Hina man, a farmer.) 1. A domestic; a servant. 2 A peasant; a rustic; a country man; a swain; a boor; or a husbandman's servant. William -- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur & Pauline Kennedy" <akpak@waitrose.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Occupation: Hind > I asked: > > > Can anyone tell me, please, what hind would have meant in a Durham > context? > > Geoff Nicholson <GNicresearch@aol.com> replied: > > > You are correct in that a hind was a farm labourer. It is my > understanding > > that the requirement to provide female labour as well as his own was > Scottish > > practice, and probably also applicable in the northern part of > > Northumberland: I don't think that was necessary in southern Co Durham. > > Thanks for the help, > Arthur > > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > ENG-DURHAM list specificaly covers all of County Durham > http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/parishes.html >

> I asked: > > > Can anyone tell me, please, what hind would have meant in a Durham > context? ... and the answers kept on coming! Thanks to all who responded, on and off list. Unless evidence appears to the contrary, I'm going to assume it's simply an agricultural labourer, with no other shades of meaning. Arthur Kennedy