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Survey of English Place-Names

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God's Blessing Fm, God's Blessing Green & God's Blessing Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • God-blessing 1694 Hutch3

Etymology

, God-blessing 1694 Hutch3 , no doubt a name for productive or pleasant land , cf. the surnames of John Godesblessye , William Godesblessye 1332 SR ( both taxed in this hundred ) , and cf. the adjacent f. ns . Blessing Fd , Blessings Md 1847TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement