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Watering Dyke Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Riseholme

Historical Forms

  • Watering Dike Closes 1796 Cragg
  • Watering Dike Close 1841 LindDep

Etymology

1830 Gre , Watering Dike Closes 1796Cragg , Watering Dike Close 1841LindDep ( v. dík , clos(e) and see also Watering Dyke Houses in Grange de Lings, supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement