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Aylestone Mill Lock

Other OS name in the Parish of Aylestone

Historical Forms

  • Aileston mill 1795 Nichols
  • molendinum de Ayleston 1367 Rut

Etymology

( 2 ½ ″ ) , Aileston mill 1795 Nichols, v. myln, lock; an early mill is recorded asmolendinum de Ayleston 1367Rut ( with MLat  molendinum ' a mill ' ) .