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Croft (land)
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A croft is a traditional Scottish term for a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural areas.
In Northern England, crofter was a term connected with tenant farming and rural employment. For example in the textiles industry; someone who bleached cloth prior to dyeing, laying it out in fields or 'crofts'.[1][2][3]
- ^ McBain, Gayle (15 June 2016). "Horwich and Wallsuches' history revealed". The Bolton News.
- ^ Cakebread, Dennis William. "Early Bleaching Methods". Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Old occupations". Hall geneaology. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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