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Hide Fm & Hide Mill, The Hyde

Other OS name in the Parish of Maugersbury

Historical Forms

  • Hydemylle 1543 AOMB
  • the Hide (Mill) 1766 EnclA

Etymology

, Hydemylle 1543AOMB , the Hide (Mill )1766EnclA , v. hīd ' a hide of land ' ; this hide of land , which is that part of the parish west of the Fosse Way , is doubtless the hide restored in 1016 by King Æthelred to Evesham (KCD 723) .