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Survey of English Place-Names

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East Mdw

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1762 EnclA
  • Est medow 1467×84 LTD
  • Est Midowe 1467×84 LTD

Etymology

East Mdw 1762 (Est medow, Est Midowe 1467 × 84, the East Med (d) ow 1601, 1625, the East Meadow (e) 1648, 1675 et passim to 1745, v. ēast, mǣd (mǣdwe obl. sg.))