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Faraway Drain

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadney

Historical Forms

  • Farraway Dike 1635 LindDep c.1900
  • Farroway Dike (sic) 1640 Monson

Etymology

, 1768 (1791) LindDep Plans , 1824 O , 1828 Bry , Farraway Dike 1635 (c.1900) LindDep 78 ,Farroway Dike (sic)1640Monson , self - explanatory .