Low Burgage
Other OS name in the Parish of Winteringham
Historical Forms
- the Lower Burgage 1772 MiscDon
Etymology
, 1741, 1765, 1768Stubbs , in inferiori burgagio 1605, in inferior Burgagio 1631, Le nether Burgage 1633, the Low burgage 1658, in inferiore Burgagio 1698, 1700WinteringhamPD , the Lower Burgage 1772MiscDon 34 , from ME burgage ( v. MED ) ' real estate held directly from the king or a lord , usually with no feudal obligation other than a fixed annual rent in money ; a house or land lying within a borough ' , cf. Burgage(Southwell), PN Nt 175 and Burgage (Prestbury), PN Gl 2, 110 .