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Peaks Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Weelsby

Historical Forms

  • Peake 1601,1624 Terrier(Scartho)
  • Peeke 1638,1674 Terrier(Scartho)
  • Peak 1697,1706,1762 Terrier(Scartho)

Etymology

, Peake 1601, 1624Terrier (Scartho), Peeke 1638, 1674Terrier (Scartho), Peak 1697, 1706, 1762Terrier (Scartho) , cf. Peake Close 1611Nelthorpe , 1632Foster , Peake close 1623ib , the Peeck Closes 1625Heneage , Peak Closes 1824 O, 1831Monson , Low peake furrs 1652Rad , East Peaks Furze 1788Heneage ( v. fyrs ) , v. pēac ' a knoll, a hill, a peak ' ; there is a very distinct rise in the ground here .