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purpose whatsoever, but that the same henceforth shall continue waste as formerly.'—T. T. A., 97.
- I suspect that the herb balm (apiastrum) is here intended. ' Bawme is much sowen and set in gardens, and oftentimes it groweth of it selfe in woods and mountains: it is profitably set in gardens as Pliny writeth, lib 21, cap 12, about places where bees are kept' (Gerarde's Herball, 1633, p. 691). Honey formerly supplied the place of sugar (Pegge's Forme of Cury, 1780, p. xxvi). Honey-rents were common in ancient Wales (Seebohm's English Village Community, 1883, p. 207), and wax was often paid as rent in this country. Again, Gerarde says 'Smith's Bawme or carpenter's Bawme is most singular to heale up greene wounds that are cut with iron' (ibid., p. 692). We can, therefore, easily understand how in a village community the cultivation of balm would be useful.
- See HIVE YARD, HONEY FIELD, ORCHARD STREET, LEIGHTON, and ANNIS FIELD.
BAMFORTH FIELD, in Ecclesall, anno 1807.
BAND.
- The 'band of a house' is a string-course along the walls. 'A bande of a howse; lacunar, &c.'—Cath. Angl. The 'band of a cart' is a projecting piece of wood which goes round the top of the cart. 'A bande of a carte or a coppe; crusta, crustula.'—Cath. Angl.
BAND, sb. string, twine.
BANGBEGGAR HALL, the magistrates' hall, the town hall.
- 'At Bang-Beggar hall he assembled his train.'
- Mather's Songs, 36.
- 'At Bang-Beggar hall he assembled his train.'
BANNER CROSS, the name of a place near Sheffield.
- Near this place four roads meet. The canons of Beauchief had a chapel adjoining it. Hunter mentions 'the base of an old stone cross still remaining' there (Hallamshire, p. 204). See CROSS. Cf. O. Icel., bæna-hús, a chapel, house of prayers. This appears to be bæna-kross, cross of prayers. Formerly a holy rood must have been erected at this place at which wayfarers worshipped. I have seen a drawing of the base or socket in which the cross stood. It was a rounded piece of stone, and in the centre was a square hole for the insertion of the cross. Banner field occurs amongst Ecclesall field names in 1807. Mr. Gomme mentions two mounds called 'the hills of the Banners' at Redbourn, near St. Albans. Primitive Folk Moots, 1880, p. 242.
BARBAT INGE, in Ecclesfield. Harrison.
- 'Johannes Barbof' occurs in the Poll Tax Returns for Ecclesfield, 1379, p. 10.
BARBER BALK, near Kimberworth. O. M. There is a Barber Nook near Sheffield.
BARBROOK, near Horsley Gate, Dronfield.
BARGHAST [bargast], sb. a ghost, spectre.
- About sixty years ago a barghast appeared at 'The Brocco,' a steep hill between Solly Street and Allen Street. The hill was a piece of rough common, and it was a usual playground for children. The barghast, of course, turned out to be a hoax.
