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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[July 28. 1855. 



original site near the Abbey, where it stood on 

 what was called the Warren, and near the swamps 

 of the Yore. It was in this removal the shaft 

 was broken, but afterwards satisfactorily repaired, 

 and now serves to mark the angular junction of 

 the boundaries of Langley, Chedgrave, and 

 Thurlton. Henri Daveney. 



Pierre Marteau ("Vol. xi., p. 503.). — Here is a 

 book printed by Pierre Marteau : 



" Moyens surs et honnetes pour la conversion de tous 

 les Herltiques (in two parts'), Dernifere edition revUe et 

 corrig^e. A Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau, 1683." 



The author of this book has, I have heard, never 

 been discovered, and the printer's name is fic- 

 titious. B. H. C. 



EsTie, Ushaw, and Flass (Vol. xi., pp. 425. 495.). 

 — ^"I think there can be no doubt that the name of 

 Esh is derived from the tree so called by our 

 Anglo-Saxon ancestors. In this neighbourhood 

 the ash tree is pronounced esh at the present day. 

 I have heard the same pronunciation in Suffolk ; 

 and it probably prevails in the spoken language of 

 other parts of England. 



In the earliest parish register, which commences 

 in 1585, the name is written Eshe : in later re- 

 gisters Esh and Ash. 



Thus the name is, in fact, identical with that 

 found in Campsey Ash, Ash Bocking, and many 

 other places. 



This etymology is recognised at an early period : 

 thus, Thomas de Eshe is expressed in Latin as 

 Thomas dt; Fraxino. 



The name Ushaw has been usually referred to 

 Yew Shaw, or Yew Wood. Several yew-trees of 

 great antiquity are still standing there. St. Cuth- 

 bert's College at Ushaw for some time adopted 

 for a device a yew-tree, with the motto "Durando 

 ssecula vincit," taken apparently from Ambrose, 

 de Fide resurrectionis, " Multasque setates quaedam 

 arborum corpora reparata transmittant, ut ipsa 

 durando vincant scECulay 



I have been searching in vain, during nearly 

 twenty years, for the etymology of Flass. What- 

 ever be the origin of the term, it appears to imply 

 a low position ; for in the immediate neijjhbour- 

 hood of Durham, towards the north-west, near 

 the Infirmary, there is a lane called Flass Lane. 

 It is well that the existence of this name should 

 be on record, as the lane itself is nearly destroyed 

 by the construction of a railway embankment and 

 other works across it, and will no doubt soon cease 

 to enjoy a "local habitation and a name." 



It should be mentioned that Flass Lane, near 

 Durham, does not lead towards Flass, in the 

 parish of Esh. 



While referring to local etymology, I would 

 subjoin a Query respecting the word peth, imply- 

 ing a wooded glen. It occurs in this neighbour- 

 No. 300.] 



hood in Hagpeth, a wood near Flass ; in Brance- 

 peth, five miles from Durham, where Lord Boyne 

 has a seat, Brancepeth Castle, the former part of 

 the same word being found in Brandon, a hill 

 between Brancepeth and Ragpeth ; in Claypeth, 

 now Claypnth, a comparatively low part of the 

 city of Durham ; and locally, as a detached word. 

 Thus I was told, sometime since, that a fatal ac- 

 cident had occurred to a person " going down the 

 peth," a hollow, wooded part of the road about 

 half a mile from Durham, on the way to Brance- 

 peth. Temple Chevalueb. 

 Esh Parsonage. 



I am sorry to see that no one, not even Mr. 

 Surtees, attempts to show the derivation of this 

 name. Besides the place of that name on the 

 south side of the Tweed, I have a large hill farm 

 some fifteen miles to the north of it, also called 

 Flass, and I have long been anxious to discover 

 the etymology of it, but in vain. I do hope that 

 some of your antiquarian correspondents may yet 

 be able to give an explanation of it. J. Ss. 



Lightning and Bells (Vol. vi., p. 508. ; Vol. vii., 

 p. 343.).— 



" A few days since, as two men residing in the com- 

 mune of Bezant (Gers) were ringing the church bells, as 

 is the custom in many parts of the country on the ap- 

 proach of a thunder-storm, the lightning struck the tower; 

 and the electric fluid, penetrating into the belfry, killed 

 them both." — Galiqnani's Messenger. 



w. w. 



Malta. 



Captain Jones (Vol. xii., p. 30.). — Is not this 

 the individual on whom the following good-natured 

 epitaph was written ? 



" Tread softly, mortals, o'er the bones 

 Of the world's wonder, Captain Jones ! 

 Who told his wondrous deeds to many, 

 But never was believed by any ! 

 Posterity ! let this suffice — 

 He swore all's true — yet here he lies!" 



W. J. Bebnhard Smith. 

 Temple. 



Archbishop Abbot (Vol. xi., p. 500.). — The 

 notice of Archbishop Abbot, as above, recalled to 

 my mind the painful incident which resulted from 

 his love of field sports, viz. his accidentally killing 

 a eamekeeper with an arrow, which his grace 

 aimed at one of the deer at Bramshill Park ; and 

 may T, in connexion with the subject, ask, who was 

 Dr. Josiah Frampton, the compiler, or the reputed 

 compiler, of the very interestinnj series of conver- 

 sations between himself and Bishop Stillingfleet, 

 called Three Dialogues on the Amusements of 

 Clergymen* My copy is the 2nd edition, pub- 

 lished by Cadell and Davies, in 1797 : it was, I 

 think, reprinted in 1820. May the Dialogues be 

 regarded as authentic ? G. 



Baram. 



