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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Vicarage

Other OS name in the Parish of Sproxton

Historical Forms

  • the Vicarage House 1605,1612,1625,1708,1708(18),1821 Terrier
  • the Vicarage Yard 1708 18 ib
  • The Homestall 1708,1708(18) ib

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly ; it is the Vicarage House 1605, 1612, 1625, 1708, 1708 (18), 1821Terrier , v. vikerage.Note also the Vicarage Yard 1708 (18) ib and The Homestall 1708, 1708(18)ib , i.e. that of the Vicarage House , v. hām-stall .