With specific relevance to the County Of Northumberland, "hind" applied to worker who tended to cattle. Seeing they were OK in fields, transferring them to other grazing areas etc. and their welfare in byers. Even in my time in South east Northumberland, in the 1940s, the term was current. However in the north of the county and over into Scotland, the term "hind" sometimes referred to man who led a team of animal tenders. Michael Dixon -----Original Message----- From: robin@scottishwool.com <robin@scottishwool.com> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:25 Subject: Re: [NMB] Re What is a hurd? On 08/03/2010 13:39, "Michael Temple" <jmtemple@telefonica.net> wrote: > I think I suggested "Hind" last week ? > One who looks after animals. A herd looked after the animals .. Hind did other things hynd [həin(d)] n. A farm worker, a farm-servant, a ploughman. Robin -- Robin & Margaret McEwen-King Middletown Farm, Lanark The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 09/03/2010 17:41, dixymick@aol.com wrote: > With specific relevance to the County Of Northumberland, "hind" > applied to worker who tended to cattle. Seeing they were OK in > fields, transferring them to other grazing areas etc. and their > welfare in byers. > > Even in my time in South east Northumberland, in the 1940s, the > term was current. > > However in the north of the county and over into Scotland, the term > "hind" sometimes referred to man who led a team of animal tenders. My paternal grandfather worked on farms near Haydon Bridge and Corbridge in Northumberland and High Spen in Co Durham and was described as a "Farm Hind" on official documents. He always said his principal job was working with horses - and I can remember as a child in the early 50s, 20+ after he left farming for the coal industry, he was still called on to plat and otherwise decorate the manes of drayhorses when they were being used in displays and parades. However, his duties were apparently wider than working with horses. I'm told - though I can't remember it myself - that until the 1940s when his health declined, he was also called on every year to help on local farms because of his skill in building hay stacks. So it seems that the definition of "farm hind" was somewhat elastic. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer