Could the word be 'delver'?
In message <004701bed2cb$efe04900$0da1883e@default>, DAVID HARDWICK
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> Thanks to those who replied to my note, particularly the comments
> regarding Coal Deinners
>
> There is however no chalk for miles in the Wickwar area where
> William Taylor (of "Wickwarr") lived.
>
> The reference in his inventory in the Gloucester Records Office
> (GRO) of 1702, is that he is a
>
> "COLL DEINER"
>
> I have assumed the word Coll relates to coal (since this outcrops
> in the area)
>
> A local historian has suggested that the word Deiner is best
> translated as a person who digs at a face rather than a shaft, ie a
> maker of adit mines.
>
> Can anybody shed any more light on this
>
>
> DAVID HARDWICK - [log in to unmask]
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