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Countess Close

Other OS name in the Parish of Alkborough

Historical Forms

  • Countess close, Lady pitt, or Countess pitt 1697 Pryme
  • countess close 1724 Stukeley

Etymology

, 1768EnclA , 1828 Bry , Countess close , Lady pitt , or Countess pitt 1697 Pryme, countess close 1724 Stukeley , perhaps cf. Counteshous eHy3 (c1331) Spald ii . This is the name of an earthwork , traditionally associated with a Countess of Warwick who gave the manor to Magdalene College Cambridge , but there is no evidence to support the claim .