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Seaway Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • pastura in (le) Seowey(e) 1376,1387 Ilch
  • Seewey 1383,1400 Ilch
  • (the) Seaway 1658 Ilch

Etymology

, pastura in (le ) Seowey (e )1376, 1387Ilch , Seewey 1383, 1400Ilch , (land by) (the )Seaway 1658Ilch , ' way to the sea ' , v. , weg .