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Survey of English Place-Names

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les Allondes Mersch

Field in the Parish of Stokesby with Herringby

Historical Forms

  • les Allondes Mersch 1424 Acc

Etymology

les Allondes Mersch 1424 Acc Orm(in Herringby, v. ald, dial. old-land'arable land left unused';'ground that has lain untilled a long time and is nowploughed up' EDD s.v.,'arable land which has been laid down in grass morethan two years' Forby s.v., and mersc)