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Deyhowssecrofte

Field in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Deyhowssecrofte 1540 Dugd 1842 TA
  • Deyhousse crofte c.1550 Surv

Etymology

Deyhowssecrofte 1540, Deyhousse crofte c.1550('dairy-house croft', v. dey-hūs, croft.This and Bakehouse Field 104 infra refer to offices of Combermere abbey);Dintesmere 12(18), Duntsmere 12(the name of a pool near Combermere or ofan arm of that lake, cf. le Nonnepoole infra, v. mere1. The first el. may be apers.n. such as PrWelsh  *Dǖnǭd < BritLat Dōnātus), the name of Bede'sDinoot(h) abbot of Bangor Iscoed in 603, v. Jackson 295, 41)