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Survey of English Place-Names

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Norman 's Nest

Field in the Parish of Theddingworth

Historical Forms

  • 1934 Sale c.1965 Surv

Etymology

Norman's Nest 1934, c. 1965 (v. nest; such names sometimes indicate the highest point in a district, while the surn. Norman occurs freq. in adjoining Lubenham in the 19th cent.; the gen. sg of nān mann is unlikely)