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Pleck or Little Ansty, Pleck Fm, Pleck Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Hilton

Historical Forms

  • Little Ansty 1811 OS
  • Cutts and Pleck 1842 TA

Etymology

( Little Ansty 1811 OS ) , Pleck ( Lane ) [ Bridge ] 1791 Boswell , Cutts and Pleck 1842TA , v. plek ' a small plot of ground ' , Ansty supra .