At 10:09 05/01/05 -0000, Reynolds P.R. wrote:
>In the article 'Canal' in Rees's Manufacturing Industry, in connection with
>the Swansea Canal, Telford writes 'In the year 1804, 54,235 tons of coal and
>culver were brought down this canal ... ' (1972 repr., v.1, p.398)
>
>From the context 'culver' must mean 'culm' but this seems to be a very
>unusual usage.
Paul,
I've checked through the list of products named in the Bristol Channel
portbooks but no mention of 'culver' - coal / coales and culm, yes but not
culver.
Could it be that 'culver' is not a south Wales term but one introduced by
Telford - originating in the English west Midlands ?
Peter
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