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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fleet Bridge & Fleet Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Flete 1292 MinAcct
  • Fleet(e) 1342 Ext 1649 MinAcct

Etymology

, Flete 1292MinAcct 26, Fleet (e )1342Ext, 1649MinAcct 13 , v. flēot , here probably a stretch of the R . Aire or a secondary channel , which forms a mill stream .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement