"The de Furnival charter of 1297 had granted to the
free tenants of the town their own court known as the
Court of Sembly Quest. It appears to have been a form
of court leet, common at the time, and was held on the
Sembley (Assembly) Green on what is now The Wicker.
This court allowed anyone who had committed a minor
offence to be tried by his fellow citizens."
--- Richard Coates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's not indexed in PN YWR 8.
>
> Richard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The English Place-Name List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Keith Briggs
> Sent: 06 November 2006 15:00
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> Subject: [EPNL] Wicker
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>
> Wicker is a street immediately across the river Don
> from the castle site
> in central Sheffield (SK 359 879). David Hey in
> his "History of
> Sheffield" always refers to it as "The Wicker", even
> though only one of
> the many maps he reproduces so labels it. This
> raises these questions:
>
> 1. Is this a wic name in the sense of 'dependent
> settlement'? (I could
> not find it in Richard Coates' Nomina 22 article.)
> If so, what is the
> -er suffix? Is this another Wicor?
>
> 2. Why the definite article?
>
> Keith
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