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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Mary's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashby Magna

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Mary) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesie de Magne Esseby 1220 MHW
  • the Churchyard 1601,1606 Terrier 1745 et passim

Etymology

, Church (St Mary )1846, 1863, 1877 White, 1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesie de Magne Esseby 1220 MHW. Note also the Churchyard 1601, 1606Terrier et passim to 1745ib , v. churchyerd .