Note 1 — Chapter IV · EARLY INHABITANTS OF CHESHIRE
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Flint weapons no doubt continued to be used, especially in remote and hilly districts, even after the arrival of the Celts.
[2] Sometimes the roof was held up by a single 'king-post' in place of two queen-posts. The 'king-post' reached from the centre of the tie-beam to the point of the roof.
[3] i.e. twisting the fine threads into yarn. Those who were engaged in this particular process were called 'throwsters', just as spinster meant originally one engaged in spinning.