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From: "Taylor, Keith" <>
Subject: RE: [Lon] Occupation - Ostler
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:07:56 +0100


http://www.etymonline.com/
ostler - c.1386, phonetic spelling of hostler (see hotel).


-----Original Message-----
From: Eve McLaughlin
Sent: 22 July 2004 19:03
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Subject: Re: [Lon] Occupation - Ostler


In message <014801c46ff9$2ec7c380$>, Janice Aitkens7
<> writes
>A Ostler was to do with being a publican (pub) as far as I know
not after mediaeval times - he looked after horses, maybe at a large
inn, maybe hiring stables (given the location)

--
Eve McLaughlin

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

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