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Oldfleet Drain

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Coates

Historical Forms

  • a drayne called Holefleete 1613 MinAcct

Etymology

, a drayne called Holefleete 1613MinAcct ; for earlier forms and a discussion of the name , v. PN L 2, 269 . It means ' the stream, thecreek in a hollow ' , v. hol 1 , flēot and it forms the boundary between Great Coates and Stallingborough .