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graveship|ˈgreɪvʃɪp|
[f. grave n.3 + -ship.]
a. The office of a grave; = grieveship.
b. In the West Riding of Yorkshire, a district, in some instances a subdivision of a large parish, in others comprising a number of parishes; so called as having formerly been administered by a grave or a body of graves.
1460in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 365 Thomæ Walworth pro le graveship, 12s. 8d. 1653in Morehouse Kirkburton & Graveship of Holme (1861) 145 King James being heretofore seized in fee of two water corne mills in Holmefirth, being a graveship within the Manor of Wakefield, in the countie of York. 1793Local Act 33 Geo. III, An Act for Dividing and Inclosing the Open Common Fields..and Waste Grounds, within the Townships or Graveships of Wakefield, Stanley, Wrenthorpe [etc.]..in the Parish of Wakefield. 1861Morehouse Kirkburton & Graveship of Holme 141 In 1828 an act was obtained for enclosing all the common and waste lands within the graveship of Holme. |