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I posted this question on the Rural Museums Network list, prompting the following: SL: I wonder whether the “creake” is the “hake”? It’s just it refers to “creake and chaynes” together. The hake is where the chain is connected to the plough. This is purely a guess. I’m sure someone out there will kn...

Hi Lin
I think the original poster found someone eventually. It's a pity you didn't see this at the time. Keep reading and posting though!
Web Weaver

Please can you clarify whether remuneration will be associated with this job.
Many thanks
Catherine
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I just don't seem to be getting notifications, which is a real pain (for everyone) when you are the administrator. So this is a test post!

Hi Estella There is an article by Karen de Bres, 'English Village Street Names' in Geographical Review , volume 80, no. 1 (1990), available to read online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/215898?seq=1 . I found that by googling and it looks interesting. More generally, the English Place-Name Society ...

Hi John It is interesting to get questions about the historiography of the Society itself! In the early days of the Review , conference reports were fitted in on odd half-pages at the ends of articles, as 'Notes and Comments'. The Winter Conference report you are looking for is on page 64 of volume ...

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You are welcome to sign up to LIBRAL and read the General View of Surrey, which I would recommend, too. To sign up, go to https://www.bahs.org.uk/LIBRAL/LIBRALsignup.html

I admit that the Forum was unavailable for about a week, as a result of a change I made elsewhere to the web site. I had hoped that no one had noticed! Please accept my apologies.
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Also, filter for 'small' in the 'Find articles' in Agricultural History Review (BAHS site > Search > Find articles...). There are some articles about smallholding.