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Survey of English Place-Names

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Priors, Pryors

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lambourne

Historical Forms

  • manor of Priors in Lamborne sometyme Priors of Donmawe 1542 Waller

Etymology

Priors, Pryors (6″). There are two places of this name in the parish. Pryors is north of Patch Park, and Priors not far from Bishops Hall. The latter is manor of Priors in Lamborne sometyme Priors of Donmawe (1542Waller ).

Places in the same Parish