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Red Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Moor Monkton

Historical Forms

  • Redehouse 1430,1587 WillY 1526 FF
  • Redehoses 1464 YDii
  • Redehouses 1695 M
  • lee Rede howsse 1498 YDii

Etymology

, 1817 M , Redehouse 1430, 1587 WillY, 1526 FF, Redehoses 1464 YD ii, Redehouses 1695 M, lee Rede howsse 1498 YD ii , ' red house(s) ' , v. rēad , hūs , perhaps so called from being built in brick .