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Survey of English Place-Names

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Race Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

  • the race road 1768 Yarb
  • the Race Road 1774 Yarb 1804 Yarb

Etymology

, 1824 O , 1828 Bry , 1836Yarb , the race road 1768Yarb , the Race Road 1774Yarb , 1804Yarb , cf. Race Lane Plat 1817ib , Race Lane Platt 1827Brad , Race Lane Close 1824Yarb , the same lane as in Thornton Curtis ; the etymology of race is uncertain .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement