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Stead Spring

Other OS name in the Parish of Tankersley

Historical Forms

  • Steeds-spring Side 1591 Hntii,332

Etymology

, Steeds-spring Side 1591 Hntii, 332 , v. stede ( probably as the surname Stead ) , spring ' plantation ' .