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Nelson's Ship Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Stainton le Vale

Etymology

, cf. Nelsons Ship 1854Plan , NELSON 'S WOOD , Nelsons Wood 1824 O, 1830 Gre , 1854 Plan , presumably commemorating Admiral Lord Nelson , though it should be noted that Nelson is a local surn . cf. Sarah Nelson 1814BT .