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Dyer's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Holnest

Historical Forms

  • Dyers Fm, Dyers Orchd 1845 TA

Etymology

, Dyers Fm ,Dyers Orchd 1845TA , cf. Jayleres 1599, Jaylers nuper Dyers 1620CampbCh , Adam le Deghere 1327SR ( Haydon ) , Margaret Dyer 1599CampbCh ; Jayler is probably also a surname , v. Reaney s.n. Galer ; the farm was called Holnest Fm 1811 OS .