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Catholic Moor Screed

Other OS name in the Parish of Somerby

Etymology

, cf. Catholic Moor , Catholic Wood 1847TA . Screed is EModE screed ' a strip of land, a parcel of ground ' , cf. PN Nt 289 s.v . The explanation of Catholic has not been discovered .