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Pickerill Holme

Other OS name in the Parish of Mautby

Etymology

, cf. First Pickeril Holme Meadow ,Second Pickeril Holme Meadow , Pickeril Holme Meadow 1838TA , alongside a stream which forms the boundary between the two parishes ; from pickerill ' youngpike ' and holmr , holmi , v. also Reaney s.n. Pickerell ( cf. Pic Revel Holme 1841TA in Caister next Yarmouth supra ) .