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Pingle Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of South Kelsey

Etymology

, cf. the pingle att the parke side 1591Monson ( described as a wood in the text ) , the Pingle End 1652Rad , y e Pingle , the Pingle 1708, 1724, 1762Terrier , and Close of Wood ground comonly called or knowne by the name of Pingle 1667Monson , v. pingel ' a small enclosure ' .