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 .