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St Peter's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Freeby

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Peter) 1846,1863,1877 White
  • ecclesie de Sexeby 1220 MHW
  • ecclesiam Sancti Petri de Sexeb' 1237 RGros
  • ecclesiam de Saxeby, ecclesie de Saxeby 1239,1245 1297,1345 Pat
  • the chapel yard 1568 Gret
  • the churchyard 1625 Terrier
  • the Church-Yard 1821 ib

Etymology

, Church (St Peter )1846, 1863, 1877 White; the early church is recorded as ecclesie de Sexeby 1220 MHW, ecclesiam Sancti Petri de Sexeb '1237 RGros,ecclesiam de Saxeby , ecclesie de Saxeby 1239, 1245 ib, 1297, 1345Pat . Notealso the chapel yard 1568Gret (v. chapel(e), geard), the churchyard 1625Terrier , the Church -Yard 1821ib .