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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Scraptoft

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesie de Scrapetoft 1220 MHW 1237 RGros
  • the Church Yard 1704,1709,1712 Terrier

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846, 1863, 1877 White,1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesie de Scrapetoft 1220 MHW,1237 RGros. Note also the Church Yard 1704, 1709, 1712Terrier , v. churchyerd .