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South Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • South carre 1635 LindDep c.1900
  • the South carr 1687 Dixon

Etymology

, 1685Nelthorpe , 1726Monson , 1767Stubbs , 1790LTR , 1824 O , South carre 1635 (c.1900) LindDep 78 , the South carr 1687Dixon , cf. South Car (r ) Lane 1739, 1789, 1798ib , v. sūð , kjarr and cf. north carre under North Kelsey Carrs supra .