Are you sure that this is a salt term, and not the name of some particular
ponds to which the conveyance refers?
You could try:
Brownrigg, W., The art of making common salt, (1748).
It is not easy to get hold of, but it is a very useful source on salt-making.
>Hawkins ponds is a term I have encountered in the conveyance of saltworks and
>is used to describe a certain sort of solar evaporation pan or possibly
>storage or supply pan
>I can not find any information about this in saltmaking sources so I am
>hoping the erudite list members can assist
>
>
Stafford M Linsley
Lecturer in Industrial Archaeology
The University
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
NE1 7RU
Tel. 0191-222 6795
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