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Le Cheker half Acre

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

  • Le Cheker half Acre 1466 Field 1572 Field 1839 TA

Etymology

Le Cheker half Acre 1466, 1572(in Stevenhethe onthe boundary of Repps and Rollesby; ME  cheker'land of chequered appearance'or the pers.n., v. Reaney s.n. Checker, orig.'a clerk in the exchequer')