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Survey of English Place-Names

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The High

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • High (house) 1535 Kendii,97–8 1669
  • High 1547 1618–25 1738 Rent
  • the Highe 1547 Kendi,365
  • (the) Hie 1593 PR 1618 Kendii,108

Etymology

, High (house )1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97–8, High 1547 ib i,365, 1618–25 ib ii, 110et freq to 1738Rent , the Highe 1547 Kend i,365, (the ) Hie 1593 PR, 1618 Kend ii, 108 , v. hēah 2 ' high place,height ' , cf. Lupton High (i, 47supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site