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St Luke's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Thurnby

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Luke) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesia de Turneby 1220 MHW 1253×58 RTAL
  • ecclesie de Thurneb' 1249 RGros
  • ecclesiarum de Buckmynster Diseworth Thorneby et Humberston 1558 Pat
  • the Churchyard 1625,18 Terrier

Etymology

, Church (St Luke )1846, 1863, 1877 White, 1925 Kelly; it is earlierrecorded as ecclesia de Turneby 1220 MHW, 1253 × 58 RTAL, ecclesie de Thurneb '1249 RGros, ecclesiarum de Buckmynster Diseworth Thorneby et Humberston 1558Pat . Note also the Churchyard 1625, 18Terrier , v. churchyerd .