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Survey of English Place-Names

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Church of St Peter and St Paul

Other OS name in the Parish of Market Harborough

Historical Forms

  • the Church 1703,1709 Terrier
  • Church (St Peter) 1846,1863,1877 White
  • Church 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesie de Boudon 1220 MHW 1275 Pat
  • ecclesie de Bugeden 1237 RGros
  • ecclesie de Magna Boudon 1322,1323,1333,1472 Pat
  • the Churchyard 1703,1709 Terrier

Etymology

, the Church 1703, 1709Terrier , Church (St Peter )1846, 1863,1877 White, Church (SS . Peter and Paul ) 1925 Kelly; it is earlierrecorded as ecclesie de Boudon 1220 MHW, 1275Pat , ecclesie de Bugeden 1237 RGros, ecclesie de Magna Boudon 1322, 1323, 1333, 1472Pat . Note alsothe Churchyard 1703, 1709Terrier , v. churchyerd .