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Horkstow Wold

Other OS name in the Parish of Horkstow

Historical Forms

  • Wold 1832 Yarb 1840 TA
  • Horkstow Wold F. 1824 O

Etymology

, Wold 1832Yarb , 1840TA , Horkstow Wold F .1824 O , cf. Wold Lane 1792Yarb and f. ns . ( a ) infra . Most parishes , here , situated below the scarp slope have their Wold ( s ) , stretches of higher open land upon the scarp , v. wald ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) .