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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: Pavior's labourer
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:15:52 +0100


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>> The word paviour also means someone who paved roads.
>
>So............ Why did they call themselves 'paviors' and not say sett
>setters?
>
>
Because they were paving - setting would suggest hens or snares.
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Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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