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Manor Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton

Historical Forms

  • (to) þam haligum mynstre æt Hortune, (to) þære halgan stowe æt hortune 1061 SherC(S1032) 12
  • Ecclesia Hortunensis, Abbatia de Hortune 1086 DB
  • Abbatia de Hortuna e12 SherC
  • priori de Horton' 1435 Midd

Etymology

, on the site of the Benedictine abbey ( later priory ) of Horton founded in the late 10th cent , and referred to as (to ) þam haligum mynstre æt Hortune , (to ) þære halgan stowe æt hortune 1061 (12) SherC (S 1032), Ecclesia Hortunensis ,Abbatia de Hortune 1086 DB, Abbatia de Hortuna e12SherC , priori de Horton '1435Midd , cf. Priors Copse , St Wolfrida 's Church infray v. VCHDo 271–3 .