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Diglee

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Dig(g)leigh 1611 LRMB200
  • Dig(g)lee 1620 Surv

Etymology

, Dig (g )leigh 1611LRMB 200, Dig (g )lee 1620Surv , ' ditch clearing ' , v. dīc , lēah . DEPN s.v. Disley ( 269 infra ) adduces Diglee in the form Digley and cites for it a spelling Dyghleg ' which belongs to Ditchley 331infra .