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Saxby All Saints Carrs

Other OS name in the Parish of Saxby All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Saxby Carres 1635 LindDep c.1900
  • Saxby Carrs 1767 Stubbs 1824 O
  • Saxby Carr 1830 Gre
  • Saxby Carr Plantation 1828 Bry
  • the Carrs 1662 Terrier 1674 Terrier 1762 Terrier

Etymology

, Saxby Carres 1635 (c.1900) LindDep 78 , Saxby Carrs 1767Stubbs , 1824 O, Saxby Carr 1830 Gre, Saxby Carr Plantation 1828Bry, the Carrs 1662Terrier , 1674Terrier , 1762Terrier , v. kjarr , the name of the low - lying land by the R . Ancholme .