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Mill Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Owersby

Historical Forms

  • Owersby Mill 1824 O 1830 Gre
  • Mill 1828 Gre

Etymology

, Owersby Mill 1824 O, 1830 Gre, Mill 1828 Gre , cf. molendinum domini abbati Thornton '1280–85Foster , unum modendinum ventriticum in Ouresbyquod vocat le Northmiln '1339Monson , Molendinum Ventriticum 1531ib , molendini ventrit ' voc ' mancknolle myln 1558ib , molend ' ventrit '15 (c.1570) ib , Wind Mill standing in one platt of arrable ground called Brownedaile hill 1609ib , the Mill 1684ib ( a windmill ) , cf. milne enge 1320–27Foster , milnheng '1345ib ( v. eng ) , Myll-hill , Millfeild 1608Monson , Mill Plat , Mill Lane 1805ib . It is uncertain whether all these references are to the same mill . For the family named in the 1558 form , cf. Robert Manknowle 1583BT , Robert Mancknall 1607Monson , the heirs of William Mancknele 1634ib and for Browne-daile hill , s.n. BrownsFarm in f.ns. (a) infra .