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Vicarage

Other OS name in the Parish of Worlaby

Etymology

, cf. the vicarage plat 1664 , Vic : Carrs 1707 , Vicarage Carrs 1724 , 1745 , the Vicarage Carr 1730 , Vicars Carrs 1748 , ( the ) Vicarage Carr 1808 , 1822 , v. plat 2 ' a plot of ground ' , kjarr ' a marsh, marshy ground ' , both found elsewhere in this parish .