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Ainsloe Spinney

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kilworth

Historical Forms

  • Anislo 1625 Terrier
  • Ansloe 1638 ib
  • Anislow 1718 ib
  • Anislow gate 1690,1708,1715 ib
  • Anisloe gate 1703 ib

Etymology

, ( v. spinney ) ; Anislo 1625Terrier , Ansloe 1638ib ,Anislow 1718ib , cf. Anisloo clos 1550 Ipm , Anislo Close 1625Terrier ( v. clos(e) ) , Anislow gate 1690, 1708, 1715ib , Anisloe gate 1703ib ( v. gata ) , ' An's burial mound or hill ' , v. hlāw ; with an unrecorded OE  masc.pers.n. An (n ) ( cf. Annesley, Nt 112 ) ; the name also appears in Misterton f. ns . ( b ) supra .