English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Lanes close

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Laines closes 1790 Rogers

Etymology

Lanes close(Laines closes 1790, v. leyne'arablestrip')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement