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Survey of English Place-Names

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the Kinges highe waie

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • the Kinges highe waie 1605 Terrier
  • the Kinges highe way 1625 Terrier

Etymology

the Kinges highe waie 1605, the Kinges highe way 1625 (v. hēah - weg; the Nottingham to Grantham road, with reference to James I, v. the queenes highe waye, infra)