Ecclesfield, March 14, 1850.
_Ludlow's Memoirs._--"C." is anxious to learn if the manuscript of
Ludlow's Memoirs is known to exist, or to receive any information as
to where it might probably be found.
Ludlow died at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693, and the Memoirs were
published at Vevay shortly after.
There is no will of Ludlow's in Doctor's Commons.
_Finkle or Finkel._--I should be glad if any of your numerous
correspondents could give me the derivation and meaning of the word
_Finkle_, or _Finkel_, as applied to the name of a street. There is a
street so designated in Carlisle, York, Richmond in Yorkshire, Kendal,
Sedberg, Norwich (in 1508 spelt Fenkyl, and in 1702 Fenkel), and, I
believe, in many other of our more ancient cities and towns. In the
township of Gildersome, a village some few miles from Leeds, there is
an ancient way, till lately wholly unbuilt upon, called Finkle Lane;
and in London we have the parish of St. Benedict Finck, though I do
not imagine that the latter is any way synonymous with the word in
question. The appellation of Finkle is, without doubt, a descriptive
one; but the character of the lane so styled in Gildersome seems to
negative the idea that it has any reference to the peculiarity of
trade or class of persons carried on or inhabiting the locality
distinguished by this title.