Countess Close
Other OS name in the Parish of Alkborough
Historical Forms
- Countess close, Lady pitt, or Countess pitt 1697 Pryme
- countess close 1724 Stukeley
Etymology
, 1768EnclA , 1828 Bry , Countess close , Lady pitt , or Countess pitt 1697 Pryme, countess close 1724 Stukeley , perhaps cf. Counteshous eHy3 (c1331) Spald ii . This is the name of an earthwork , traditionally associated with a Countess of Warwick who gave the manor to Magdalene College Cambridge , but there is no evidence to support the claim .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Trent Ness(lost)
- Strate Bottom Plantation
- Swiss Cottage
- Trent Falls
- Walcot Lane
- Walker Dyke Clough
- Walks End
- Windmill
- Hill Side Plantation
- Hill Top Plantation
- Jerusalem Cottages
- Julian's Bower
- Kell Well
- Manor Ho
- The Mill(lost)
- Mount Pleasant
- Southdale Fm
- Stick Holt
- Walcot Hall
- Alkborough Flats, The Flats
- the Cliff
- Coleby Wood
- College Fm
- Cow Close Holt
- Fir Bed Plantation
- Vicarage