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tornera

tornera [cf. Fr. tourniere], land at edge of ploughed area in which plough may be turned, headland. 1224 de aliqua †turvera [l. turnera; gl.: scholte] plus, de aliqua minus (Felsted, Essex) Ch. & Cust. Caen 89 (cf. OED s. v. shot 25); 1234 concessi ‥ xl acras terre arabilis ‥ e quibus ‥ in campo qui vocatur Alsewikefeld ‥ ix acre et iij perticate in turnera de Ellerestub extendentes super fossatum ‥ inter terram Willelmi filii B. ‥ et terram meam (AncD A 1090) Starrs II 27; 1235 iiij acras terre ‥ in campo qui vocatur Langeheg' in turnera que vocatur Esterache (Edmonton, Middx) AncD A 1729; 1250 ij acre terre ‥ jacent in ~a que vocatur Esterache (Edmonton, Middx) Ib. A 2294; 12‥ (16c) [all the] turnaria [of land between C. and the way coming from K.] (Caterham, Surrey) Cart. S. Thom. Hosp. 155; 12‥ ij turneras in campo qui vocatur Seveneacris, in quibus turneris vj acre terre continentur ‥ quarum j turnera abutat super Ryvishalemerke ‥ et alia super terram quondam Willelmi predicti MS Norf RO MC 3/1/XXVI, 466X1.

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