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Hare Pie Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Hallaton

Historical Forms

  • hayre pye bank 1698 Terrier
  • Hare pye Bank 1709,1745 ib
  • hair pye bank 1712 ib
  • Hearpye Banke, Hairepie bank 1718 ib
  • Hare Pie Bank 1798 Nichols 1824 O 1877 White
  • two hare pies, a quantity of ale and two dozen of penny loaves, to be scrambled for on Easter Monday' at a place called Hare Pie Bank 1846 White

Etymology

, hayre pye bank 1698Terrier ,Hare pye Bank 1709, 1745ib , hair pye bank 1712ib , Hearpye Banke ,Hairepie bank 1718ib , Hare Pie Bank 1798 Nichols, 1824 Oet passim to 1877 White, v. hara, banke; note that the successive rectors should provide yearly 'two hare pies , a quantity of ale and two dozen of penny loaves , to be scrambled for on Easter Monday ' at a place called Hare Pie Bank 1846 White .