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Follyplot Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Scampton

Etymology

, cf. Far Folly Plot , Little Folly Plot 1847FLMisc , 1849TA , Folly Plot 1868 Padley , Far Folly 1868 Padley , North Little Folly 1868 Padley , South Little Folly 1868 Padley ( possibly Follyplot denotes a piece of land near an eccentric or extravagant building , v. folie and cf. Field 79–80 ) .