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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fotherby Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Fotherby

Historical Forms

  • “grange in” Fotherbye 1537–39 LDRH
  • Fotherby, firma grang' 1538–39 Dugdvi

Etymology

, 1830 Gre , “grange inFotherbye 1537–39 LDRH, Fotherby , firma grang '1538–39 Dugd vi ; it was a grange of North or Nun Ormsby Priory .