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Blakeley Brow & Hargreave

Early-attested site in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • Blakeley Brow & Hargreave 1845 TA55
  • Neston-Raby 1459 ChRR

Etymology

ii. Blakeley Brow & Hargreave, Blakeley Brow & Hargreave 1845TA 55, two detached parts of Little Neston township, in Raby township, collectively called Neston -Raby 1459 ChRR (DKR xxxvii676), i.e. 'part of Raby belonging to Neston', v. foll., Hargrave 228infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site