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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Hoby with Rotherby

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesiam de Hoby a.1219 MHW
  • ecclesia de Houby 1407 Pat
  • the Church 1708,1708(18) Terrier
  • the Churchyard 1605,1708,1708(18) ib

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846, 1863, 1877 White,1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesiam de Hoby a.1219 MHW,ecclesia de Houby 1407Pat , the Church 1708, 1708 (18)Terrier . Notealso the Churchyard 1605, 1708, 1708 (18)ib , v. chirche-ʒeard .