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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Gumley

Historical Forms

  • the Rectory House 1707 Terrier 18
  • the Parsonage House 1674,1679,c.1690,1707 ib

Etymology

, 1877 White , 1925 Kelly , the Rectory House 1707 (18) Terrier , v. rectory; note also the Parsonage House 1674,1679, c.1690, 1707ib , v. personage .