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Wear Dyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Saxby All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Were Dyke Drain 1819 Monson
  • Were Dyke 1837 TA

Etymology

, 1824 O , Were Dyke Drain 1819Monson , Were Dyke 1837TA , cf. the Way dyke Carr or Were Dyke Carr 1819Monson , the local name of the New River Ancholme .