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Survey of English Place-Names

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Turret Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • the Turret Hall 1730 Td'E
  • the Turritt Hall 1732 ib

Etymology

Turret Hall (lost), the Turret Hall 1730Td 'E , the Turritt Hall 1732ib ; Gillett 155–56n quotes Hocken that “… Torret Hall, which was converted into a house of industry and afterwards into the present (1839) Granby inn, and the town's court house”, v. The Granby Inn infra .