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claus ' pastur ' vocat ' Costell ' et unum pratum vocat ' Costelhampne

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • claus ' pastur ' vocat ' Costell ' et unum pratum vocat ' Costelhampne 1494 Seymer

Etymology

claus' pastur' vocat' Costell' et unum pratum vocat'Costelhampne 1494(v. hamm; Costell' may be from cost1'trial', or'tansy',and hyll)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement