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Survey of English Place-Names

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Delph Farm

Other OS name in the Parish of Horsey

Historical Forms

  • Delph 1838 TA

Etymology

, Delph 1838TA , v. (ge)delf . As a surname Delph means ' dweller by a ditch or quarry ' ( v. Reaney s.n. ) .