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Mere Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashby Parva

Etymology

, cf. Ulsthrope meere 1625Terrier , Ulesthorpe meere 1709ib , Ullesthorpe Meer 1745ib , v. (ge)mǣre ; the barn lies at the parish boundary with Ullesthorpe .