Hello again, I have two instances of people being described as 'hinds' and have found two very different definitions in two dictionaries. Both relative to the farming industry. 1st - Farm hind as in farm hand. 2nd - "They are hinds at Thorn Marsh under Mr John Leonard of Ryhill." Definition given = Bailiffs. Any more definitions out there? Is it Holderness/East Riding dialect? Help! Please. Peter Fewson.

Chambers Scots Dictionary defines Hind as "a farm servant hired yearly and occupying a farm- cottage" Alistair ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rynanneth@aol.com> To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: [ERY] 19th centuary job definition: 'Hind' > Hello again, > > I have two instances of people being described as 'hinds' and have found two > very different definitions in two dictionaries. Both relative to the farming > industry. > > 1st - Farm hind as in farm hand. > > 2nd - "They are hinds at Thorn Marsh under Mr John Leonard of Ryhill." > Definition given = Bailiffs. > > Any more definitions out there? > > Is it Holderness/East Riding dialect? > > Help! Please. > > Peter Fewson. > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== > LOST? please use the "Where is it in Yorkshire?" index > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html > The Maintainer of the Genuki Yorkshire pages is Colin Hinson > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >