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The Stray Or Two Hundred Acres

Other OS name in the Parish of Knaresborough

Historical Forms

  • Comon 1708 Hrg

Etymology

, formerly Comon 1708 Hrg ; the Enclosure Act laid it down that ' 200 acres near Harrowgate Spaws ' were to be left open ( 1770EnclA 94 ) , v. stray ' a piece of unenclosed commonpasture ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name