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North Kelsey Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • Atte Graunge 1327 SR
  • atte graunge de North'kelsay 1329 Ass
  • atte Graunge 1344 FF
  • “grange in” North Kelsey 1537–9 LDRH
  • North Kelsey, firma grang' 1538–39 Dugdvi
  • Grangie de Norkelsaye 1543–45 MinAcct
  • Grange 1545 LPxxi
  • the grange house 1615 Nelthorpe
  • the Grange Farm 1707 Terrier

Etymology

, 1693, 1705Nelthorpe , Atte Graunge 1327SR (p), atte graunge de North 'kelsay 1329Ass (p), atte Graunge 1344FF (p), “grange inNorth Kelsey 1537–9 LDRH, North Kelsey , firma grang '1538–39 Dugd vi, Grangie de Norkelsaye 1543–45MinAcct , Grange 1545 LP xxi, the grange house 1615Nelthorpe , the Grange Farm 1707Terrier and cf. grange lane 1739Dixon , Grange Lane Close 1796, 1798ib ; it was a grange of North (or Nun) Ormsby Priory .