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Twenty Acre

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton on the Wolds

Historical Forms

  • Twenty Acres 1700 Deed 1701 Terrier
  • Mundy's Gorse 1836 O

Etymology

, Twenty Acres 1700Deed , 1701Terrier , v. æcer; it is Mundy 's Gorse 1836 O , v. gorst ; with the surn . Mundy , a reflex of the ON  pers.n. Mundi , a short form of names in -mundr , v. SPNLY 198 .