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Mill Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ab Kettleby

Historical Forms

  • Mill Lane 1828 Plan
  • the Milne 1601,1612 Terrier
  • the Milln c.1700,1724 ib
  • the Mill 1674,1690 1709 ib
  • the old(e) Milne 1601,1612 1709 ib
  • the old Milln 1697,c.1700 ib
  • the ould Milln 1724 ib
  • the old Mill 1674,1679,c.1700 ib
  • the ould Mill l.17,1724 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , Mill Lane 1828Plan . There are two mills recorded for the township . A windmill is shown on the higher ground to its north , west of the Nottingham road , in 1836 O . This was presumably the site of the Milne 1601, 1612Terrier , the Milln c.1700, 1724ib , the Mill 1674,1690ib et passim to 1709ib . It lay in the East Redearth Fd. To its southwest was the old (e ) Milne 1601, 1612ib et passim to 1709ib , the old Milln 1697, c.1700ib , the ould Milln 1724ib , the old Mill 1674, 1679,c.1700ib , the ould Mill l.17, 1724ib , which was sited in the West Redearth Fd , v. ald , myln .