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Watermill Spinney

Other OS name in the Parish of North Luffenham

Etymology

, cf. the Water Mill Field , Water Mill Feild e17, 1627Conant , 1659Anc ,c1700BHS , 1709, 1712Anc , 1729Deed , 1751, 1780, 1796Anc , the Wartermill Feild 1751ib , the Water Mill Field , Water Mill Field e18, 1716, 1763ib ,1781BHS , Water Mill Close 1763Anc , v. water-mylne ; Water Mill Field was one of the great open - fields of the village .