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Highfield Plantation, Highfields

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • the hie field 1662,1666 Terrier 1733 Nelthorpe
  • West High Field 1776 ib

Etymology

, the hie field 1662, 1666Terrier ,1733Nelthorpe , West High Field 1776ib , cf. campo de Northkeleseye a1218 RA iv , campum de Northkellesay 1491Nelthorpe , self - explanatory .