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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Walesby

Historical Forms

  • Recty 1828 Bry
  • the parsonage 1579,1601,1664 Terrier
  • the Parsonage house 1638 Terrier
  • ye Parsonage house 1709,1718,1724 Terrier
  • a Parsonage House 1829 Padley

Etymology

, 1842 White , Rect y1828 Bry and is the parsonage 1579, 1601, 1664Terrier , the Parsonage house 1638Terrier , y e Parsonage house 1709, 1718, 1724Terrier , a Parsonage House 1829Padley , and cf. the parsonage leyes , leyes belonginge to the parsonage 1579Terrier , the parsonage lees , Leaes belong to the parsonage (sic)1601Terrier , the parsonage closes 1638Terrier , the Parsonage closes 1664Terrier : leyes , etc . is from the pl . of lea ' meadow,pasture ' , itself a later development of OE  lēah .