Gold Dike
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorney
Historical Forms
- Abbotesdik 1228 Thorney
- Gooledyke c.1500 ib
- Gold Dyke 1574 SP
- Goledyke 1597 WisbechMap
- Goldedike or Shepye lake 1579 Depositions
Etymology
Gold Dike (6″) is Abbotesdik 1228Thorney , Gooledyke c. 1500 ib., Gold Dyke 1574SP , Goledyke 1597Wisbech Map , Goldedike or Shepye lake 1579Depositions , v. gole infra 327. Gooledyke is a late marginal entry against Abbotesdik , so called because on the bounds of the Abbot of Thorney. For Shepye , v. Old South Eau supra 10.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Archer's Drove
- Green Drove
- Harley's Drove
- Harriman's Drove
- Hunt's Drove
- Scolding Drove
- Toneham Fm
- Ward's Causeway
- Barlees Fen
- Bar Pastures
- Bar Pasture Fm
- Blue Bell Fm
- Boarden Ho Drove
- Cobbler's Fen
- Crowtree Fm
- Dairy Fm
- English Drove
- French Drove
- Stone Bridge
- Grange Fm
- Knarr Cross Fm
- Upper Knarr Fen
- Middle Knarr Fen
- Lower Knarr Fen
- New Knarr Fen Drove
- Old Knarr Fen Drove
- Mill Fen
- Morris Fen
- No Mans Land(lost)
- North Fen
- Ruff Fen
- St Vincent's Cross Fm
- Thorney Causeway
- Great Towers Fen
- Little Towers Fen
- Willow Hall