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Nickerbush Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Walesby

Historical Forms

  • Nickhagh bush 1794 Lowe
  • Nicker Bush 1826 G

Etymology

is Nickhagh bush 1794 Lowe, Nicker Bush 1826 G . Nicker is recorded from Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire as a dialect name of the woodpecker , but the 18th - century form quoted here makes it probable that nicker is a corruption of earlier nick-hagh from hagi .

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