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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lyde Cottage

Other OS name in the Parish of Colesborne

Historical Forms

  • green Lyde, upper Lyde 1839 TA

Etymology

, green Lyde , upper Lyde 1839TA , doubtless an old name of Hilcot Brook , from OE  hlȳde ' the loud one ' ; the same stream is referred to in Lyde Bank (189infra ) .