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Survey of English Place-Names

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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Somerby

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesie de Somerdeby 1220 MHW
  • ecclesie de Sumeredeb' 1247 RGros
  • ecclesia parochiali 1549 Rut
  • The Church Yard 1821 Terrier

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846, 1863, 1877 White,1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesie de Somerdeby 1220 MHW,ecclesie de Sumeredeb '1247 RGros, ecclesia parochiali 1549Rut . Note alsoThe Church Yard 1821Terrier .