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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Knossington and Cold Overton

Historical Forms

  • the Mansion howse 1601,1625 Terrier
  • the Parsonage howse 1606 ib
  • the Parsonage House 1638,1697,1718,1745 ib

Etymology

, 1877 White , 1925 Kelly ; earlier is the Mansion howse 1601, 1625Terrier (v. mansion-house), the Parsonage howse 1606ib , the Parsonage House 1638, 1697, 1718, 1745ib , v. personage .