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Survey of English Place-Names

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Priory Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Shudy Camps

Historical Forms

  • Nostrefeilde al. Pryors t.Eliz Colexxxvii
  • Priors or Prewers 1784 Trinity
  • Priory Fm c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Nostrefeilde al. Pryors t. ElizCole xxxvii, Priors or Prewers 1784Trinity , Priory Fm c. 1840TA . The Prior of Hatfield Broad Oak had land in Nosterfield(supra 105) in 1279 (RH) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement