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Motspur Fm and Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malden

Historical Forms

  • Motspur 1823 G
  • Motts Spur Farm 1823 Br
  • Mosper 1893 Kelly
  • Mot c.1350,1358 Rental
  • Notcurse Fm 1765 R 1785 Cary 1796 Lysons
  • Nutcars 1789 LandC 1816 O.S. 1823and1838 Wyld

Etymology

There are traces of an earlier name of some part of this estate in Notcurse Fm 1765 R, 1785 Cary, 1796 Lysons, Nutcars 1789 L and C, 1816 O.S., 1823 and 1838 Wyld.

Places in the same Parish