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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Bruntingthorpe

Historical Forms

  • the mansion house 1601 Terrier
  • the Parsonage House e.18,c.1708 ib
  • the parsonidge house 1724 ib

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly , v. rectory ; earlier is the mansion house 1601Terrier (i.e. the principal residence of the Parsonage, v. mansion-house),the Parsonage House e.18, c.1708ib , the parsonidge house 1724ib , v. personage .