What was a pont?

[andygmandrew]

I have been transcribing a legal case of an action for debt in the Berwick upon Tweed Court of Pleas in 1711. The widow of Roger Morton, Mason of Berwick is pursuing a debt for payment for work done by her deceased husband for the defendant David Moffet. Moffet had contracted him to construct ‘a pont for water’ in Wooler, Northumberland.

What was a pont?

[Kay99]

Could it be a pond for water - badly written 

[Gadget]

Pont is normally a bridge but think I'd go with Kay's interpretation here.

Could you put up a snip for us to see.

Gadget

[Pheno]

Pont is French for bridge so maybe word used here too?

Pheno

[Drosybont]

I wonder if it is an alternative spelling of the word "pant", which was used for a public water fountain.  This should link to a site about the pants of Alnwick which is fairly near geographically:

https://sites.google.com/site/pantsofalnwick/home/history

Drosybont

[youngtug]

Could it have been an aqueduct.

[youngtug]

Although this one I think is called "the bridge"; https://www.chirk.com/pontcysyllte.html

Of course, it might be this one; http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/blog/mystery-of-the-old-middleton-aqueduct

[Drosybont]

Reference to pants in Berwick on p 14 of this publication:

https://content.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/berwick-upon-tweed/berwick-upon-tweed.pdf/

Drosybont

[Gadget]

Reference to pants in Berwick on p 14 of this publication:

https://content.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/berwick-upon-tweed/berwick-upon-tweed.pdf/

Drosybont

Think it's the most likely interpretation. A photo of one here:

http://onlineborders.org.uk/community/bvc/pant-well-history


Gadget