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Grasby Wold Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasby

Historical Forms

  • ye woldgate 1697 Terrier
  • (the) Woldgate 1703,1707 ib

Etymology

, y e woldgate 1697Terrier , (the ) Woldgate 1703, 1707ib , cf. les Wolds 1650MiscDon 275 , the Wold 1864Terrier , v. wald , gata ' a road ' .