NAMES OF THE FIELDS. 33 



lots are named in England. On this farm we 

 read of Fore Field ; Back Field; Twenty Jlcres ; 

 Bridge Field; Bushy Croft; Little Bushy 

 Croft; Mill Hoppet ; Jlcre Piece; Flamsted 

 Meads; Stony Field; Path Field; Pond Field; 

 Little Go; Wood Side; Parish Field; Brook 

 Field; Topsey Wood; Long Mead ; Shoulder- 

 of -Mutton Field ; Great Hide ; Little Hide ; 

 May Field ; Pig 9 s-Mutton Field ; New Slip ; 

 Pole-hurst Side; Steeple Land; Steward's 

 Corner; Eleigh Plot; Five Farthing Close; 

 JKbofs Bury ; Oak Field; Hatch Field; Lane 

 Field; Peak End; Downshire Bottom. 



These are the well-known inclosures and 

 plots of Gable-sides Farm. A word of expla- 

 nation with regard to a term or two in the list 

 will be important. Jl hoppet is in Essex, and 

 some other parts of England, a small piece of 

 ground, usually near the house, elsewhere call- 

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