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Sheep Walk

Field in the Parish of Wyham cum Cadeby

Historical Forms

  • 1849 TA
  • the Sheepe walke 1666 LindDep 1667 LindDep
  • the Sheep walk 1673 LindDep
  • Cadeby Sheep Walk 1737 LindDep

Etymology

Sheep Walk(the Sheepe walke 1666, 1667, the Sheep walk 1673, Cadeby Sheep Walk 1737, v.shepe-walk'range of pasture for sheep')

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement