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[ v ] proprietors, who, by olely confining their enquiries to their particular etates, may, with ome degree of certainty aign the decriptions to their original ditricts. The general decription will often be ufficient for that purpoe, but when the circumtance of a neighbouring Wood, or of a Church, is annexed to it, the application may be made with tolerable accuracy.

As it may be acceptable, and even neceary to ome of my readers to be informed of the explanation of certain words in Domeday, I hall endeavour to explain thoe, that contantly occur in each ection of the Book, and that, now, are either obolete, or are only to be found in our Gloaries. And even the Gloaries give uch various interpretations of them, particularly with repect to their meaurement, that I mut aume the liberty of adopting thoe only that may be mot cononant with my own ideas. However, I hall not attempt to advance any contruction, that may not be warranted by ome authority, though I hall not trouble the reader with citing the opinion of Littleton, Skinner, Spelman, or other Antiquaries on the occaion.

The firt word that occurs in every decription, is Hida. All our old antiquaries, hitherto, have uniformly agreed that Hida and Carucata are ynonymous Rh