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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Priory

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Vicarage 1831 Bry 1842 OS

Etymology

, Vicarage 1831 Bry, 1842OS , cf. Vicarage Meadow , Vicars Meadow 1838TA and VicarageGorse infra , Vicarage Lane supra . The modern name is a pretentious antiquarianism . It may allude to the connection of this township with Birkenhead Priory (Orm2 i512) , to the religiosity of an incumbent , or to the shape of the vicarage windows .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site