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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sykes Pond

Other OS name in the Parish of Riby

Historical Forms

  • Sykes 1851 Census

Etymology

( lost ) , 1803, 1820, 1844LindDep 19 , 1828 Bry , probably named from the surn . Sykes , though the earliest reference to the family so far noted is to William Sykes 1851Census . It was situated just south - west of Riby Grange .