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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bell Croft Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnby upon Don

Historical Forms

  • Bell Croft 1848 ib

Etymology

, Bell Croft 1848 ib , ' Bell's croft ' or possibly ' a croft the rent of which went to the upkeep of the church bells ' , but cf. Thorpe in Balne supra .