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Survey of English Place-Names

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Settings Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of North Luffenham

Historical Forms

  • Settings 1631 Terrier

Etymology

, Settings 1631Terrier , cf. Settin leas 1629Conant ( v. lēah ) , Sittings Close , Sixty Acre Settings 1943Map ; perhaps OE  seten ' land in occupation ' , later ' buildings necessaryfor such occupation ' , v. Sx 561–2 . If of more recent origin , perhaps setting in some such sense as ' land marked out in some way , possibly as allotments under an enclosure agreement ' . The word is used in Orkney (EDD) in the sense ' piece of land ' .