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Jennycroft Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ryme Intrinseca

Historical Forms

  • foss' Je(a)nes, sepes Walteri Je(a)nes 1611 Rent 1617,1619 Ct

Etymology

, perhaps to be associated with foss ' Je (a )nes , sepes Walteri Je (a )nes 1611Rent , 1617, 1619Ct : the surnames Jenny and Je (a )nes are both derivatives of the ME  pers.n. Je (ha )n , a form of John .