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Ratten Gutter

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Etymology

, cf. Rotten Car 1784 Fairb , v. raton ' a rat ' , hence ' rat-infested gutter or marsh ' , v. kjarr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name