Alton Mead Lane
Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh
Historical Forms
- Batten, (Little) Alton Mead 1840 TA
- the lower Alton, the upper Alton 1677 Digby
Etymology
, named from Alton Mead (e ) 1586 , c. 1685 both Batten , (Little ) Alton Mead 1840TA , the lower Alton , the upper Alton 1677Digby , all fields near the Leigh - Yetminster par . bdy which the lane crosses ; it also crosses a small stream which rises near here , so the name may well be ' farmstead at the source of a stream ' , from ǣwyll and tūn , cf. Alton P . par . supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Back Drove
- Bailey Drove
- Black Barn
- Bolter's Drove
- Bound Lane, Bound Lane Fm
- Calfhay Fm
- Calfhay Lane & Calfhay Plant.
- Castle Plant. The Castle
- Church Fm & Church Lane, Cockeram's Plant.
- Crocker's Knap
- Cross Fm
- Drummer's Castle
- Frampton's Fm
- Gudgins's Banks
- King's Arms P.H.
- Load Lane
- Long Bridge (Drove)
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ponds
- Miz Maze
- Morgan's Drove
- Pount's Barn
- Rookers Fm
- St Andrew's Church
- Seiver's Copse & Seiver's Lane
- Smithy
- Spring Copse
- Springfield
- Totnell Ho, Lr Totnell Fm
- Vicarage
- White Hall
- Wriggle River Lane