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fossat voc ' Warlottes

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • fossat voc ' Warlottes 1595 FMap

Etymology

fossat voc' Warlottes 1563+(this name has now been noted at least seven times in north L, v. PNL 2 97–98, ib 3, 43, 71, 123, 147, 188. For a full discussion v. PN L 2 97–98under Waterhill Wood. It appears to have been a piece of land or the likeassessed to a specifically defined payment of geld)