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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Hoby with Rotherby

Historical Forms

  • The Rectory House 1821 Terrier
  • the Parsonage hall 1601 ib
  • the Parsonage Hoose 1605 ib
  • the Parsonage House 1708,1708(18),1730,1745 ib

Etymology

, 1877 White , The Rectory House 1821Terrier , v. rectory; earlier is the Parsonage hall 1601ib (v. hall), the Parsonage Hoose 1605ib , the Parsonage House 1708, 1708 (18), 1730, 1745ib , v. personage .