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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tommy Tack

Other OS name in the Parish of Gilcrux

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1794 H . This may contain tack , ' tenure or tenancy ofland , ' sometimes used , as probably here , in the concrete sense ' leasehold tenement or farm . ' See NED s. n. tack sb . , 2 b. It is a salt spring with medicinal properties ( Kelly ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement