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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Nelly's Folly

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawston

Etymology

( wood , folly is frequently applied to clumps of trees , Field 80 ) , cf. Joh . Nelis 1330SR , (land called ) Neles 1354Ct .