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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ness

Major Settlement in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • Nesse 1086 DB
  • Nessa 1096–1101(1280),1150 Chest
  • Nesse 1228–40,c.1230 1253 Pat 1656 Orm2
  • Nesse in Wirehale 1381 ChRR
  • Nesse iuxta Burton in Wyrehale 1393 1474 ib
  • Ness 1392 IpmR 1646 Sheaf
  • Nasse 1322 Cl
  • Littell Nesse 1670 Sheaf3 3, v.

Etymology

'At the promontory', v. ness , næss . The name is taken from the promontory at Burton Point 212supra . Part of the township is called Littell Nesse 1670 Sheaf3 3, v. lȳtel .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site