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Mill Cottages, Mill Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Uppingham

Historical Forms

  • Uppingham Mill 1824 O
  • the New Mill 1763 Bir
  • the Nether Mill 1736 ib
  • the Old Mill 1763 ib

Etymology

. , the site of Uppingham Mill 1824 O , a windmill demolished 1912 - UR . This mill is probably to be identified with the New Mill 1763Bir . Close by was the Nether Mill 1736ib , the Old Mill 1763ib , cf. the Myll furlong (e ), Myll furlong (e )1634Terrier , the Mill Furlong 1705, 1723ib ,c1725, 1746Bir , Neather Mill Furlong 1688Anc , 1746Bir , Nether Mill Furlong 1736ib , Neither Mill Furlong 1781ib , Old Mill furlong 1763ib , Mill Peice 1728Asw , the Mill Field 1799Deed , v. myln , neoðera , pece .