henconner lane

polo · Post by **polo** » Fri 24 Jan, 2014 2:03 am

any ideas people? ive wondered this one for a while

jdbythesea · Post by **jdbythesea** » Fri 24 Jan, 2014 3:24 pm

................and why does Leeds have two of them?

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 24 Jan, 2014 10:37 pm

I'm guessing at one time that they would have been in two totally different townships so originally won't have both been in Leeds as it is now...

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Sat 25 Jan, 2014 7:55 am

It seems to be a mystery the Henconner name, I can't find a reference to it anywhere else except in Leeds

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat 25 Jan, 2014 9:44 am

How about "the lane where someone fraudulently deals in poultry"? "Hen" can also be a dialect or slang term for "woman", in which case something darker may be involved.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Sat 25 Jan, 2014 10:14 am

jim wrote: How about "the lane where someone fraudulently deals in poultry"? "Hen" can also be a dialect or slang term for "woman", in which case something darker may be involved. Don't know jimThe earliest reference to Henconner Lane I can find is in the Leeds Mercury on 13 April 1850

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat 25 Jan, 2014 11:09 am

Apparently "to con" or "conner" were used in the 17thC as nautical terms meaning to guide . Perhaps the terms came ashore to refer to hen keepers.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 25 Jan, 2014 12:12 pm

jim wrote: How about "the lane where someone fraudulently deals in poultry"? "Hen" can also be a dialect or slang term for "woman", in which case something darker may be involved. Could that be said for Mistress Lane in Armley too?

gars21 · Post by **gars21** » Sun 26 Jan, 2014 11:04 pm

What about cockshott lane? Is this as self explanitary as it seems?

polo · Post by **polo** » Mon 27 Jan, 2014 1:11 am

Ive actually read that cockshott is a corruption of cockshoot pretty much as it sounds yeah