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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Danes Dyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Flamborough

Historical Forms

  • Flayn(e)burghdyk, Flayn(e)burghdike 1392,1446,1452 Ch
  • Flambrough Dykes 1750 Bowen

Etymology

was called Flayn (e )burghdyk , Flayn (e )burghdike 1392, 1446, 1452Ch, Flambrough Dykes 1750 Bowen ; it is a neolithic earthwork separating Flamborough Head from the mainland , v. dic .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

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