Totney Hill Fm
Other OS name in the Parish of Goxhill
Historical Forms
- Tottney heads 1662 Terrier
- Totney heads 1668 ib
- totney dike 1697 ib
- Totney dike 1709 ib
- Totney Dike 1712,1724,1822 ib
- Totney-Dike 1745 ib
- Totney Close 1648 Foster 1683 BPD 1775 EnclA
- Totney 1775 ib
Etymology
, Tottney heads 1662Terrier ,Totney heads 1668ib (v. hēafod), totney dike 1697ib , Totney dike 1709ib , Totney Dike 1712, 1724, 1822ib , Totney -Dike 1745ib (all Terrier references are from Thornton Curtis terriers) (v. dīc, dík), Totney Close 1648Foster , 1683BPD , 1775EnclA , Totney 1775 ib ; though the name is not recorded before the mid 17th century , it is likely that it is old , in which case it probably means ' Totta 's island of land , piece of dry ground in a fen or marsh ' , from the OE pers.n.Totta , found also in Tottenham PN Mx 78 , and ēg ' an island ' , but also used in p. ns . of a piece of dry , higher land in a fen , a sense topographically appropriate here .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Chapel Field Rd
- East Marsh
- Goxhill Hallands
- Halland's Field
- Horsegate Field Rd
- Langleys
- Neatgangs Fm
- Ruard Rd
- Swallow Mill Quarter
- West Marsh Lane