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Foster Flat

Other OS name in the Parish of Aldborough

Historical Forms

  • Forsterflat(te) 1388,1462 MinAcct
  • Forestflat(t)e 1406 Roe 1429 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1475MinAcct , 1555 PRAld , Forsterflat (te )1388, 1462MinAcct ,Forestflat (t )e 1406 Roe 319, 1429MinAcct , v. forestier ' forester ' , perhaps as a surname ( cf. Lawrence Foster 1541 PRAld 42 ) , flat .