Tump/Gloucestershire Dialect - Rev. Rd. Webster Huntley (General)

by m p griffiths , Thursday, April 01, 2010, 11:31 (5429 days ago) @ rbaynton

"Full text of "A Glossary of the Cotswold (Gloucestershire) dialect" - A-Z - by the late Rev. Richard Webster HUNTLEY M.A. (born 2 April 1794) - Boxwell Court Estate nr. Leighterton (other side of the Severn) - (amongst other occupations, Vicar of Alberbury) - who spent his younger days in Dursley.

Tump: Earth thrown up - Twmp - Welsh Idem

Tump, a hillock, timulus

also : Old Tump House, New Road, Blakeney - previous forum message (John Smith m Elizabeth VIRGO - 31.3.2010)

The Rev's article is fascinating, and I recognise some of the words from my childhood i.e. Spkreathe - 'to have face of hands roughened by frost' - remember walking to School with red face/hands and legs in the Winter. Although it doesn't explain why we called the end of a loaf (The Nobby!!)