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Twitch Hooks Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Farndon

Historical Forms

  • The Twitch Hooks 1881,1884 ib

Etymology

( local ) , 1909 Sheaf3 7 ( 1403 ) , The Twitch Hooks 1881, 1884 ib , named from a windlass fixed at the top of a steep lane to help wagons up from the R . Dee , presumably fitted with ropes carrying hooks for ' twitching ' , i.e. tugging , vehicles .