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Tennyson's Holt

Other OS name in the Parish of Scartho

Historical Forms

  • Tennisons Holt 1828 Bry

Etymology

, Tennisons Holt 1828 Bry , cf. Tenison middow 1778Nelthorpe , named from the Tennyson family , cf. Mrs Tennyson 1789Yarb , Susanna Tennyson 1792Td 'E .