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Ellinghurst Fm & Ellinghurst Rhine

Other OS name in the Parish of Redwick and Northwick

Historical Forms

  • Ellenhurst 1606 BGlxxvii,177
  • the reene at Horsebridge 1650 Asht
  • reen 1699 Asht

Etymology

, 1830 M , Ellenhurst 1606 BG lxxvii, 177, the Rhine being called the reene at Horsebridge 1650Asht , v. hyrst 'wood', the first el. beingellern or elmen 'elm'; Rhine is rhine , reen 'open ditch'; anaccount is given of 'those persons who ought to cast up the ditch orreen ' in 1699Asht A . 21 ( cf. Compton Rhine 131supra ) .