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Survey of English Place-Names

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Prior 's Fd

Field in the Parish of Bidston

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Priors Heye 1554 MinAcct

Etymology

Prior's Fd(Priors Heye 1554 MinAcct(PRO, SC6, P & M 45)belonging to Birkenhead Priory, not to St John of Jerusalem as W.F.I, inSheaf3 4(627), v. prior,(ge)hæg)