Northey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Whittlesey
Historical Forms
- (le) Northe(e) 1280–1334 Thorney 1398 1457 Rental
- Northey 1550 Pat
- Northea 1636 BedL
Etymology
Northey is (le ) Northe (e )1280–1334Thorney , 1398Ct , 1457Rental , Northey 1550 Pat, Northea 1636 BedL. Northey is by Cat's Water.The early forms point to ēa rather than ēg as the second element, Cat's Water al. Must may well have been called 'north river' here as distinct from the Southmust , v. supra 8. In its lower course it was known as Old Ea and South Ea. v. Old South Eau supra 10.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bassenhally Fm, Bassenhally Field, Bassenhally Moor and Bassenhally Pits
- Beggars Bridge Fm
- Canter's Doles
- Eastrea
- Eldernell
- Feldale
- Flegcroft
- Funthams, Funtham's Dike, Funtham's Lane
- Glass Moor
- King's Delph
- Lattersey Field, Lattersey Hill
- Lesh Fen
- The Lipneas
- Must Fm
- North Fen
- Oldeamere
- Snoots
- Stampfen Drove
- Stonald Field
- Turningtree Bridge
- Wype Doles
Other OS name
- Angle Bridge
- Angle Corner
- Bank Fm
- Black Bush
- Blackbush Drove
- Black Dike
- Bradley Fen
- Bunting's Drove
- Burnthouse Fm
- Chapelbridge
- Church Field
- Coates
- Cold Harbour Drove
- Common Drove
- Counter Drain
- Cow Way
- Cross Drain
- Cross Drove
- Decoy Fm
- Delph Dike
- Dog in a Doublet Bridge
- Duncombe's Corner
- Earl's Lands Fm
- Field's End Bridge
- Flag Fen
- Grange Fm
- Gravel Dike
- Gull Fm
- Half Acre Drove
- Hemmerley Gravel
- Inham's End
- Kingsland
- Lake Drove
- Long Drove
- Lord's Holt
- Marriott's Drove
- Northey Fm
- Northey Gravel
- Plumtree Fm
- Pondersbridge
- Popely's Gull
- Prior's Fen
- Quaker's Drove
- Reach
- Slatebarn Drove
- Suet Hills
- Ten Acre Drove
- Town Fifty
- Turf Drove
- The Turves
- The Wash
- West Fen Drove