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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spend Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorpe

Historical Forms

  • Spenlane, Spend Lane 1654 Portland
  • Spen Lane 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Spenlane ,Spend Lane 1654Portland , Spen Lane 1767 Burdett , no doubt from OE  spenn(e) , a word of doubtful meaning , perhaps ' fence, hedge ' and ' strip of land ' .