suggest that you try to get a copy of Tom Williamson's book on the history
of rabbit keeping published by Shire Books. Am travelling so don't have the
proper reference but I am sure that coneygarths often feature. Good luck,
John Fletcher
Original email:
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From: S Hamilton-Dyer [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:48:20 +0000
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] medieval rabbits
garth, garden and yard all seem to be closely related Northern European
words - indeed in USA/Canada a yard today may well be either a garden or
'backyard' or even winter pasture (grander use of the term 'backyard'
than my small plot!). Apparently garth in Albanian means hedge - which
might also give a clue to the usage. My particular coneygarden contains
a shed with bunnies in hutches amongst other things ;)
Sheila
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
On 20/01/2014 17:34, fiona beglane wrote:
> Could be a corruption of coneygar - where gar is 'garth' or 'garden' -
> seems more likely than a bare yard.
> Or even a transcription error rather than a corruption ie with g being
> read as y - have you seen the original document or just a
> transcription of it?
> Hope this helps
> Fiona
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Christian Küchelmann <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2014 5:20 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [ZOOARCH] medieval rabbits
>
> Dear Kevin,
>
> coney yard may be a translation of the Latin term
> "leporaria" (German: Kaninchengarten, Dutch: conijnfaranda),
> structures for the keeping of rabbits maintained by monasteries in
> the beginning.
> Check Benecke (1994a, 356-361; 199b, 183-184), Ervynck (1992, 153)
> and van Damme & Ervynck (1988) for further details.
>
> Best
>
> Christian
>
> References:
> # Benecke, Norbert (1994): Archäozoologische Studien zur Entwicklung
> der Haustierhaltung in Mitteleuropa und Südskandinavien von den
> Anfängen bis zum ausgehenden Mittelalter, Schriften zur Ur- und
> Frühgeschichte 46, Berlin
> # Benecke, Norbert (1994): Der Mensch und seine Haustiere, Stuttgart
> # Ervynck, Anton (1992): Medieval Castles as Top-predators of the
> Feudal System: An Archaeozoological Approach. – Château Gaillard 15,
> 151-159
> # van Damme, Dirk & Ervynck, Anton (1988): Medieval Ferrets and
> Rabbits in the Castle of Laarne (East-Flanders, Belgium): a
> Contribution to the History of a Predator and its Prey. – Helinium 28
> (2), 278-284
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>
> Am 16.01.2014 um 16:36 schrieb Kevin Rielly:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Historical documents relating to the breaking up of Bermondsey
> > Abbey at the Dissolution refer to a ‘coney yard’. Has anyone else
> > come across this term? It is certainly feasible that the Abbey had
> > a warren somewhere close by but would this be referred to as a
> > ‘yard’? I’ve come across reference to rabbits being caged or kept
> > in some sort of compound within medieval monasteries. Unfortunately
> > these references are from non substantiated internet ‘history of
> > rabbit-keeping’ sites. Can anyone help with better references? All
> > the articles/books I’ve found so far go to town on medieval warrens
> > but no mention is made of other forms of rabbit keeping during this
> > period.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>
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