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Needs Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Lydney

Historical Forms

  • ye Nege, the nege quarrelles 1559 GR421
  • the Nedge 1565 ib
  • Neds Top 1840 TA

Etymology

, y e Nege , the nege quarrelles 1559GR 421, the Nedge 1565 ib, Neds Top 1840TA , cf. Eggebrooke 1445BledCt , v. atten , ecg ' escarpment ' , with a wrong analysis of the els . ( Phonol. § 45 ) .