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Flaxman'S Spinney

Other OS name in the Parish of Wistow

Etymology

, v. spinney ; possibly with the surn . Flaxman , from the ME  occupational name flaxman ' a dresser or seller offlax ' , but note Flaxlandes in f. ns . ( b ) , which Flaxman 's may represent .