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Mill Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Mil Lane 1595 FMap
  • Mill Lane, Millane 1595 FSurv
  • le mill lane 1626 LMR

Etymology

( local ) , Mil Lane 1595FMap , Mill Lane , Millane 1595FSurv , le mill lane 1626LMR , cf. ubi situm est molend ' ventrit 'a1274Holywell , cum molendino ventritic ', vnum molend ' ventrit '1294Holywell , molend ' de foulestowemerske 1384LMR , mol 'd 'ventrit ' de Foulestowmerssh '1399ib , molend ventrit ' de Foulestouemerssh 1406ib , molend ' ventrit ' de Foulestowmersh 1408ib , molend ' ventri ' ... in le marsh 1452Anc , Great Mill pasture with y e winde Mill at the west end 1595FSurv , wind corn mill 1831Deeds , self - explanatory .