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Monk's and Barrow's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Writtle

Historical Forms

  • Monkes at(te) Barowe 1495,1523 MinAcct
  • Monckes of Barrowe 1650 Smith

Etymology

is Monkes at (te )Barowe 1495, 1523MinAcct , Monckes of Barrowe 1650 Smith , Eccl . Hist . Ess . 259 . It once belonged to St John 's Abbey , Colchester . v. Bedeman's Berg and Barrow supra 278, 281 .