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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rectory Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Rectory farm 1925 Kelly
  • the parsonage 1605 Terrier
  • The Parsonage House 1736 ib

Etymology

, v. cover(t) , , Rectory F . 1824 O , Rectory farm 1925 Kelly ; The Rectory is recorded 1877 White , 1925 Kelly . Its predecessor is the parsonage 1605Terrier , The Parsonage House 1736ib , v. personage .