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remain, also nine oxen of addition delivered to Geoffrey le Parker ; 

 also 13 yearlings of the remainder, five steers and seven heifers 

 remain ; also eight calves of the remainder and one received from 

 the iastaurator, of which he comits one in tythe 13 yearlings 

 remain (seven males) and 23 calves of the year ; of which one in 

 murrain, hide of no value, two delivered to Simon the Geldherde 

 and four to the instaurator 14 calves remain. Total of the cattle 

 remaining in the vaccary : 40 cows, one bull, five steers, eight 

 heifers, 13 yearlings (seven males) and 16 calves. This is a fair 

 account of a vaccary, had it been a report from Trawden or 

 Eossendale there would have been mention of a calf or yearling 

 destroyed by the wolf, but so near to the Manor House there were 

 no wolves. The meaning of Barrowford. Barrow means an ancient 

 place or mound of interment, therefore if we take this interpretation 

 we have to say a ford near a place of interment, there does not 

 seem to be any evidence of an ancient barrow. If we dissect the 

 word we shall get bare-hough ford: bare, uncovered, is pronounced 

 bar, hough means a small hiU, and ford means a passage through 

 water, therefore Barrowford is a ford by a bare hill. In this part 

 of Lancashire we have a name not unfrequently met with, spelt; 

 Eiddihalgh and Eeddihough, some people call it Keddihalgh (sh), 

 some Eeddihough (ho), and some Eeddihuf. We know how the 

 terminal letters ough are varied in English. This Eiddi means 

 a ridding of trees and hough or halgh means a hiU or little 

 eminence where the trees have been ridded or cut down, so that 

 halgh, hough, huf, ho, how, all mean the same thing. In the 

 vaccary of Barrowforde we come in contact with the 



Officials of the Foeest. 



There is Geoffrey le Parker (the ancient family of Parker are no 

 doubt descendants of the Forest Parkers), his salary was £2 5s. 6d. 

 a year, he had allowed for a robe 13s.4d. and an allowance to the 

 groom of Is. 7d. for the year, his yearly stipend being 5s. 

 Simon de Geldherd, some of whose descendants Uve in Pendle 

 Forest now, was an important officer, he had to collect the geld, 

 or money tax paid to the king. I think he got about 30s. a year. 

 The instaurator was the Farm BaHiff, and he got about 20s., 

 with other expenses when selUng cattle and horses at fairs. 

 There is a place in the forest called Copinhursthey, Cop-head or. 

 Top-ing Meadow, Hurst-wood, Hey-enclosure. Hurst, meaning 

 wood, is common about Burnley. We have Hurst-wood, both 

 words meaning the same thing, Ecken-hursb, Ecken-oak, Hurst- 

 wood, therefore Ecken-hurst is oak wood. Whittley in Heybooth ; 

 Whit-wood and ley-field ; Whittley is therefore the woody field. 

 Haybooth, hay-hedge, or enclosure in a forest for taking wild 

 deer, &c. ; booth cottage, therefore cottage enclosure. The word 

 white. Ja. of frequent OQeurrence in the forest district, and 



