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Sheepcote Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Etymology

, cf. Shipcoots Car 1662Terrier , Shipcoots Close 1663ib , Shipcootes Close 1669ib , Shipcoate yarde 1673ib , the Sheep Coate-hill Close 1673Dixon , Sheep Coat Hill close 1685Nelthorpe , Sheep Coat Hill 1710Nelthorpe , Sheepcoott Hill 1716Nelthorpe , Sheepcoat Hill 1720Nelthorpe , Sheep Coat Hill 1735Nelthorpe , Sheepcote Hill 1819Nelthorpe , self - explanatory .