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Burkinshaw's Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Killingholme

Historical Forms

  • Burkinshaw's Cover 1824 O
  • Brikinshaws Cover (sic) 1828 Bry
  • Burkinshaws Cover 1830 Gre

Etymology

, Burkinshaw 's Cover 1824 O, Brikinshaws Cover (sic)1828 Bry, Burkinshaws Cover 1830 Gre , from the Burkinshaw family , cf. Thomas Burkinshaw 1824Yarb .