See
Halifax house and
Hall-and-cross-wing
See
Brighouse Labour Exchange,
Halifax Labour Exchange and
Todmorden Labour Exchange
See
Ladstone Rock,
Llads-Lowe Balder and
Low Brown Knowl, Wadsworth
It was used to refer to the wife of a Lord, and for any woman who
had authority or rights of property
A barn and/or mistal.
The word comes from the Old Norse hlatha
See
Laithe-house
They were common from the around 1650, with most being built for
poorer farmers in the 18th and 19th century.
These are common in Pennine farms which were built after the
enclosures.
The oldest surviving laithe house in the district is Bank House, Luddenden which was built around 1650.
In some parts of the country, these are known as long-houses
The element is Norse or Old English and means field
or piece of land suitable for cultivation, and is used as an
alternative to felt or field
Very many of these pedigrees commence with the claim of an ancestor
who came over with William the Conqueror.
For example pedigrees of the Savile, Stansfeld
and Fleming families all claim descent from followers
of William I.
Some of the Savile pedigrees went even further claiming
descent from a patrician Roman.
In order for the pedigrees to appear balanced, continuous and
authoritative, generations were added, as were siblings and wives.
The early wives would often be given as the daughters of other
influential families, in a number of cases going back to a period
before these families had acquired surnames.
Inconvenient members of the main line of the family were, as
necessary, left out.
This may be clearly seen in some of the pedigrees of the Stansfeld
family, where, in the mid 15th century, the main line has been
omitted entirely and a younger son substituted as son and heir.
In a commonly available pedigree of a junior branch of the Savile
family there is an early entry for a John Savile, which
correctly states his father's name and the rough period in which he
lived.
However, the entry also gives this John a knighthood, family
lands, an aristocratic wife and three children.
The knighthood and the wife belonged to another John of the
main line a generation earlier, the family lands were also of the
main line, and of the three children, two, who are well documented,
(and of the main line) lived 100 years apart.
For these reasons pedigrees, while they can be useful especially in
the later period, should be viewed with caution.
See
Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire,
Savile Family Pedigrees,
Stansfeld Family Pedigrees and
Stansfield Family Pedigrees
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse
The urine was collected from farms and private houses where it was
left in a tub or a bucket by the door.
Pigs' manure could also be used.
With the growth of the gas industry, the ammonia which was a
by-product was used instead of urine.
See
Night soil
A lap stick is a small metal rod around which the lap is wound
as it emerges from a machine
A larderer or lardner was in charge of the store.
The name comes from the French lardier meaning a tub where
bacon was stored
Records for Akroyd's mill show that they were producing the
fabric in 1798
See
Everlastings and
John Edward Shaw
A lattener was someone who worked in the metal
This is used in several local place-names including
Lark Hall, Midgley,
Laverack Hall,
Laverock Crescent, Brighouse,
Laverock Hall, Causeway Foot,
Laverock Hall, Brighouse,
Laverock Hall, Southowram,
Laverock Lane, Brighouse,
Laverock Place, Brighouse and
Lavrock, Midgley
See
Low Brown Knowl, Wadsworth
See
Nainsook
The rate was one-tenth of the value of the movable property of those
who lived within a city, borough or royal desmesne, and
one-fifteenth for those who lived elsewhere.
These were recorded in Lay subsidy returns and Lay subsidy
rolls.
Between 1524-1536, they were revived by Henry VIII.
The tax was levied for a specific purpose, such as a foreign war.
They are useful in researching surnames
See Laycock
See
Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Elland
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
See
Drain
This is often the recumbent headstone of a grave, such as may be
re-used as a paving stone
The name was also used for a doctor or physician.
See
Mrs Wood
Thomas Wright was proprietor in 17??.
In 1809, the name was changed to Wright's Leeds Intelligencer.
In 1818, the Wright family sold the paper and the name was
changed to Leeds Intelligencer & Yorkshire General Advertiser.
In 1837, Rev Brontë wrote to the paper in support of the
repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act [1834].
He also spoke against the Act at meetings in Haworth.
In 1866, the name was changed to Yorkshire Post & Leeds
Intelligencer.
In 1883, the name was changed to Yorkshire Post.
In 1939, the name was changed to Yorkshire Post & Leeds Mercury
See
John Kitchen and
The Leeds Mercury
The paper ceased publication in 1755, but was revived in 1765.
In 1797, the paper was bought by a group of Unitarians and
Methodists, including Edward Baines and John Marshall.
Rev Brontë wrote to – and for – the newspaper – see
Cremation, Crow Hill.
In the 19th century, there are records of criminals – such as
John Waddington and
James Wright
- expiating their crimes by placing a notice in the newspaper.
The paper was published on Saturdays until July 1855, after which it
was published on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
In 1850, the annual circulation was recorded as 459,000.
The Leeds & Yorkshire Mercury is recorded in 1905.
In 1923, the paper was taken over by Yorkshire Conservative
Newspapers.
In 1939, the paper merged with the Yorkshire Post.
See
John Binns,
Halifax Mercury,
The Leeds Intelligencer,
Newspaper stamps,
Alfred Ramsden and
John Wrigley Willans
In 1850, the annual circulation was recorded as 251,000.
See
Newspaper stamps and
Rev Edward Parsons
See
Court leet
The French word gauche may have the same origins
See
Cack-handed
The legatee is the person who inherits the legacy.
See
Pecuniary legacy
The name comes from an old form of the Italian name
for Livorno from where the raw material was imported
A leightoner was a gardener
A person who suffers from the disease is called a leper.
The disease can be treated with modern drugs
See
Merchet
See
Yeoman
This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Reeve
See
surname Riley
These were abolished in 1850
The Public House Closing Act [1864] required that pubs close
between 1:00 am and 4:00 am.
A Licensing Act of 1872 had local options to close pubs on
Sundays.
In February 1929, closing time for pubs in Todmorden was extended
from 10:00 pm to 10:30 pm.
In February 1949, closing time for Halifax pubs was extended from
10:00 pm to 10:30 pm between May and July.
The extension was refused for Brighouse.
Pubs in England and Wales are currently permitted to open from 11:00
to 23:00 on weekdays; 12:00-22:30 on Sundays
See
Temperance and
Working hours
See
Thick
See
Shilling
L-plan house Ref 1-8 Labour exchange Ref 1-1382 Lad Ref 1-617 Lady Ref 1-L26 Laithe Ref 1-182 Laithe-house Ref 1-293 Lake Ref 1-L22 Lamm Ref 1-191 Lammas land Ref 1-L44 Land Ref 1-679 Land ownership map Ref 1-1344 Land patent Ref 1-L49 Land tax Ref 1-L41 Landed Gentry Pedigrees Ref 1-1047 Landgable Ref 1-L40 Landskip Ref 1-L4 Lant Ref 1-71 Lap Ref 1-300 Larder Ref 1-L16 Large families Ref 1-L32 Lask Ref 1-559 Last dying speech Ref 1-1119 Lastage Ref 1-L15 Lasting Ref 1-2925 Late-night shopping Ref 1-942 Latin Mottoes & Texts Ref 1-L5 Latten Ref 1-L1 Laudanum Ref 1-1145 Laurel Ref 1-L29 Laverock Ref 1-3 Law Ref 1-680 Lawn Ref 1-3039 Lawn Ref 1-L45 Lay subsidy Ref 1-L13 Laycock Ref 1-1316 Leadstock Ref 1-L24 League Ref 1-L19 League of the Helping Hand Ref 1-448 Lease for three lives Ref 1-L42 Leat Ref 1-971 Leather industry Ref 1-L6 Lecking Ref 1-270 Ledger Ref 1-1195 Leech Ref 1-L11 
The Leeds General Advertiser Ref 1-L1533 The Leeds Intelligencer Ref 1-L455 The Leeds Mercury Ref 1-L453 The Leeds Times Ref 1-L657 Leet Ref 1-1010 Left-Handed Ref 1-1215
Legacy Ref 1-1793 Legging Ref 1-L36 Leghorn Ref 1-1323 Leighton Ref 1-L18 Lent Ref 1-727 
Leopard Ref 1-2961 Leprosy Ref 1-753
Lerwite Ref 1-696 Lesser beasts Ref 1-1516 Lesser tithe Ref 1-L50 Letter box Ref 1-L14 Letter of administration Ref 1-2148 Letters Testamentary Ref 1-1803 Levant Company Ref 1-L31 Levantine Ref 1-1330 Levée en masse Ref 1-1088 Levite Ref 1-L38 Lewis Ref 1-513 Ley Ref 1-683 Ley line Ref 1-L10 Leyerwite Ref 1-1101 Liber Cleri Ref 1-L2 Liber Compertorum Ref 1-L9 Liberty Ref 1-2573 Licensing Act [1904] Ref 1-554 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Stan Mapstone
Licensing hours Ref 1-2789 Lien Ref 1-L48 Life expectancy Ref 1-L21 Light Ref 1-611 Lillands Ref 1-605 Lima shilling Ref 1-L28