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Survey of English Place-Names

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Watling Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Fewston

Historical Forms

  • Wat(t)lin(g) Street(e) 1613 Grainge

Etymology

, Wat (t )lin (g ) Street (e )1613Grainge 82–3 , part of the Roman road from Knaresborough to Ilkley .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name