Repell Ditches
Early-attested site in the Parish of Saffron Walden
Historical Forms
- Besseldyche 1489 MinAcct
- Pestell ditches al. Besell ditches 1605 WaldenA
- Besle Ditches c.1840 TA
Etymology
Repell Ditches (6″) is Besseldyche 1489MinAcct , Pestell ditches al. Besell ditches 1605WaldenA , Besle Ditches c. 1840 TA. This is an earthwork of doubtful age variously known as Repell, Battle, Paille, Peddle, Paigle, Pell and Besle Ditches (HM i, 259–60, EAS ix, 224).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Audley End
- Buckenhoe Barn
- The Fulfen
- Roos Hill, The Roos
- Stonebridge olim Warkway Bridge
- Pounce Hall, Pounce Wood
- Sewards End alias Sewer's End
- Kibberdys
- St Aylotts
- Grimsditch Wood
Other OS name
- Almshouse Wood
- Bridge End Gardens
- Burntwood End
- Bury Hill
- Campions
- Castlehill Ho
- Chapelend
- Claypits
- Conduit Plantation
- Copt Hall
- Fairy Croft
- Farmadine
- Foulslow Bridge
- Rowley Hill
- The Vineyard
- Little Walden
- Whitehill Wood
- Will's Alley
- Hanging Ley
- Hunters' Well
- John's Acre
- Madge Hobbs Wood
- Mead Hall
- Millfield
- Mollpond Wood
- Monk's Hall
- Northend
- Peaslands
- Pond Plantation
- Reeding Cottages
- Robins Grove
- Bears Hall
- Hill's Wood
- Shirehill
- Ashwell's Grove
- High Balks
- Sadlers