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the Vicarage

Other OS name in the Parish of North Ormsby

Historical Forms

  • ther was a vicaridg house ... wch was ruinate in the time of John Lawson who was Vicar there about 15 yeares agoe but never was rebuilt since soe it remains ruinated 1664 Terrier
  • the house being downe and have bene downe about sixteen years 1668 ib

Etymology

, ther was a vicaridg house ... w ch was ruinate in the time of John Lawson who was Vicar there about 15 yeares agoe but never was rebuilt since soe it remains ruinated 1664Terrier , the house being downe and have bene downe about sixteen years 1668ib , cf. one small Close cald the vicarage yard 1697ib .