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Sturton Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Scawby

Historical Forms

  • Stirton juxta Scalbye, firma grang' 1538–39 Dugdvi
  • grainge de Stirton iuxta Scalbye 1542 AOMB
  • Sturton Grange 1588 Nelthorpe
  • Sturton grainge 1589 Nelthorpe
  • Sturton Grange 1593,1601 Nelthorpe

Etymology

( lost ) , Stirton juxta Scalbye , firma grang '1538–39 Dugd vi, grainge de Stirton iuxta Scalbye 1542AOMB 214 , Sturton Grange 1588 Nelthorpe, Sturton grainge 1589 Nelthorpe,Sturton Grange 1593, 1601 Nelthorpe , it was a grange of Newstead Priory .