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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fleetbank Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Dig Green 1831 ib

Etymology

, Dig Green 1831 ib , cf. le Dich (e ),la Dich (e ), la Dych (e )c.1280Dow (p), 1286, 1288 Court (p), 1349MinAcct (p) , ' the ditch ' , v. dīc . The origin of the modern name is unknown .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site