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Tetney Fitties

Other OS name in the Parish of Tetney

Historical Forms

  • wast lands in Tetney called greaves or Fyttes grounds lyeing without the Auntient Seabancks 1609 DuLaMB
  • the Fittys 1779 EnclA
  • Tetney North Fittys, Tetney South Fittys 1775 Yarb 1779 GDC
  • the North Fittys, the South Fittys by the Fleet Clow 1777 Haigh
  • North Fittys, South Fittys 1779 EnclA

Etymology

, wast lands in Tetney called greaves or Fyttes grounds lyeing without the Auntient Seabancks 1609DuLaMB 119 , the Fittys 1779EnclA ,Tetney North Fittys , Tetney South Fittys 1775Yarb , 1779GDC , the North Fittys , the South Fittys by the Fleet Clow 1777Haigh , North Fittys , South Fittys 1779EnclA , cf. Humberston Fitties in Humberstonsupra .