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Skeffington 's Gorse

Field in the Parish of Blaston

Historical Forms

  • 1867 Surv

Etymology

Skeffington's Gorse 1867 (v. gorst; cf. Reuben Skeffington 1867 of Blaston, whose family came originally from Skeffington, 5 miles to the northwest)