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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mockbeggar

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickworth

Historical Forms

  • Pickworth…of which nothing remains at this day but a steeple now known by the name of Mockbegger 1684 Wright
  • Ruins Mockbeggar 1780 Map
  • Ruins of Mockbeggar 1801 ib
  • Mockbeggar 1806 1863 White
  • Mock Beggar 1824 O

Etymology

v . mockbeggar, NED s .v . mock v., 5.