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Mealy Syke

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Meal(e)y Sike 1663,1731 PR(Mrl)
  • Mealasike 1694 ib

Etymology

, Meal (e )y Sike 1663, 1731 PR(Mrl), Mealasike 1694 ib , probably ' colouredhill ' or ' middle hill ' , v. mǣle , meðal , haugr , sīc ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site