Rotten Sykes
Other OS name in the Parish of Winteringham
Historical Forms
- Rotten Sikes 1683 Nelthorpe 1733 MiscDep 1741,1758 Stubbs 1783 MiscDep
- Rottensikes 1693 Terrier
Etymology
, 1718MiscDep 191 , 1772MiscDon 34 , 1778Terrier , 1798EnclA , Rotten Sikes 1683Nelthorpe , 1733MiscDep 191 , 1741, 1758Stubbs et freq to 1783MiscDep 191 , Rottensikes 1693Terrier , v. sík ' a trench, a ditch ' .