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Survey of English Place-Names

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Holton Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Holton le Clay

Historical Forms

  • “grange in” Howton 1535–37 LDRH
  • Howton' graunge 1535–46,1543–45 MinAcct
  • Howton graunge, Firma unius grangiæ 1537–38 Dugdiv
  • Howton grange 1544 LPxix
  • Grange F. 1828 Bry

Etymology

, “grange inHowton 1535–37 LDRH, Howton ' graunge 1535–46, 1543–45MinAcct ,Howton graunge , Firma unius grangiæ 1537–38 Dugd iv, Howton grange 1544 LP xix, Grange F .1828 Bry ; the references here are to more than one grange and in the 16th century they belonged to Humberston Priory , Hagnaby Abbey and St Katherine 's Hospital , Lincoln .