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Bellstring Hill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Scartho

Historical Forms

  • Bell String Hill 1752 Yarb

Etymology

( lost ) , 1762Terrier , 1787TCC , 1828 Bry , Bell String Hill 1752Yarb , cf. Belstrings 1638Terrier , a furlong calledBellstrings 1652Rad , Belstring wong 1671Td 'E , Belstrings 1674Terrier , Bellstrings 1706ib , Belstring Whong 1723Td 'E ( v. vangr ' a garden, an in-field ' ) ; presumably a piece of land the rent of which went towards the upkeep of the church bell - ropes . It denoted the area south of the boundary with Grimsby and north of Scartho Hall .