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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Land Dyke

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA
  • Landyche 1352 Rut
  • Landyk ' 1352 Rut
  • landyke 1601 Terrier
  • Landike 1605 Terrier 1625 Terrier
  • Land Dyke 1629 Terrier

Etymology

Little Land Dyke (Landyche, Landyk' 1352, landyke 1601, Landike 1605, 1625, Land Dyke 1629 (1712), cf. Landykhill' 1352 (v. hyll), v. land, dīc, dík)