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Gallow Field Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Foxton

Historical Forms

  • the East feild alias Gallow feild 1625 Terrier
  • the Galloe filde c.1685 ib
  • the Gallofeald 1690 ib
  • the gallofeld 1694 ib
  • the Gallow Field 1707 1707 18 ib

Etymology

, the East feild alias Gallow feild 1625Terrier , the Galloe filde c.1685ib , the Gallofeald 1690ib , the gallofeld 1694ib , the Gallow Field 1707ib , 1707 (18) ib , v. galla , hōh , feld ; one of the great open - fields of the township , v. Galhou in f. ns . ( b ) infra .