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lengthmannoun
A man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of road or railway
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lengthman
The term Lengthsman was coined in the 1700s in a concept rooted in the Tudor Era as far back as War of the Roses and enclosure. Originally, it referred to someone who kept a "length" of road neat, tidy and passable in the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on boundary marking. Lengthsmen were used on canals and railways from the beginnings of both. On land, lengthsmen might be responsible for a few miles between adjacent villages and especially on commonage. Employed originally by the 'Lords of the Manor' and latterly by parish councils, they would keep grass and weeds down in verges, keep drainage ditches clear and repair fences. Litter, such as it was in those times, was cleared and instances are recorded of wild flowers being planted and tended.
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Lengthman
Lengthsman is a term used mainly in English National Parks and originally used in the Peak District National Park. It refers to a person who keeps a "length" of road neat and tidy. This person was responsible for a few miles of road. Employed by the local parish council, his job was to keep the grass and weeds cut down at the edge of the road and the drainage ditch clear. Litter would have been collected and wild flowers tended to. More recently, lengthsmen are still employed by parish councils. Their tasks now are to tend to areas of the central "common" parts of the village such as village greens, drainage into fields, and public areas. The term was also applied to workers on the canal system, who were responsible for a particular length of the canal. Many lived in isolated cottages, sometimes close to a lock, in which case their duties would include acting as a lock keeper and managing water levels by the control of weirs. They were also responsible for repair and maintenance of the banks in their "length", which might include cutting reeds and vegetation, and the treading of puddle clay into sections of the bank which were weak or suffering from leakage. One unusual feature of the Thames and Severn Canal was the provision of cottages for lengthsmen which had three floors and were circular. Five of them, dating from the 1790s remain, and most are on the Listed Building register.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lengthman in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of lengthman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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