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Duckthorpe Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Duckthorp Lane 1595 FSurv
  • Duck Thorpe Way 1595 Foster 18

Etymology

( local ) , Duckthorp Lane 1595FSurv ,Duck Thorpe Way 1595 (18) Foster , cf. Duck thorpe 1595 (18) Foster , Duckthorpe 1712Foster , Duckthorp 1737Foster , self - explanatory . This is apparently a late use of OEScand  þorp in some such sense as ' the outlying part of a village ' , in this instance where ducks were kept .