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Survey of English Place-Names

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Vicarage

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasby

Historical Forms

  • ye Vicarighe of Grysby 1577 Terrier
  • the vicarage of Grisby 1612 Terrier
  • The Vicarage house 1707 Terrier

Etymology

, y e Vicarighe of Grysby 1577Terrier , the vicarage of Grisby 1612Terrier , The Vicarage house 1707Terrier , cf. Vicarage land 1606 , vicarage land 1612 both ib , the Vicarage ground , the Vicarage land , the Vicarage Lathe garth 1643MiscDon 275 ( v. hlaða ' a barn ' , garðr ' an enclosure ' ) , Vicarage thirteene acre Close 1643ib , the Vicarage Close 1697Terrier .