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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Peter's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Grimston

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Peter) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesiam de Saxelby 1219 RHug
  • ecclesiam de Saxeleby 1220 MHW
  • the Church and Churchyard 1708,1708(18) Terrier

Etymology

, Church (St Peter )1846, 1863, 1877 White, 1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesiam de Saxelby 1219 RHug, ecclesiam de Saxeleby 1220 MHW. Note also the Church and Churchyard 1708, 1708 (18)Terrier .