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Digging Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Fyfield

Historical Forms

  • Dickenlane, Dicken' 1596 StJohnSurvey

Etymology

, 1811StJohnMap , Dickenlane , Dicken '1596StJohnSurvey . The 6 ″ map shows quarries near the road to Abingdon , about a mile S . The first el . might be diggin ' quarry ' , for which v. O 440 .