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Nineveh (Early-attested site, Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire)
Nineveh is so named in 1830 (O.S.). This type of name is to be found in nearly all English counties. In Warwickshire we have New York, Canada, Bermuda, Labrador, Newfoundland, New
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Ash Holt (Other OS name, Ashby cum Fenby, Lincolnshire)
, perhaps cf. ash grene in f. ns . ( b ) infra
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Boston Lane (Other OS name, Clawson, Hose and Harby, Leicestershire)
, presum . with the surn . Boston , cf. Boston hoale in Knipton f. ns . ( b )
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Brian's Close (Other OS name, Laughton, Leicestershire)
( 2 ½ ″ ) , a house built in the 1930s ; with the surn . Brian Bryan , a Breton name introduced into England by the Normans
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Bruntingthorpe Holt (Other OS name, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire)
( 2 ½ ″ ) , v. wald ; the development of wald locally was *wald > *wold > olde > oult > olt > holt , v. the Olt field in f.
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Butlers Cottage (Other OS name, Loddington, Leicestershire)
, with the surn . Butler , cf. Butlers cunnery in f. ns ( a ) and Butlers close in f. ns . ( b )
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Church Thorns (Other OS name, Redmile, Leicestershire)
, v. þorn ; perh . so called because at the edge of the former Churchfield , but v. Halythornfurlong listed in adjoining Barkestone f. ns . ( b )
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Cottagers Close (Other OS name, Aylestone, Leicestershire)
, v. cotager and Cottiers Close in f. ns . ( b ) infra
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Cresswell Spring Fm (Other OS name, Waltham, Leicestershire)
, v. spring 1 and Cresswell in f. ns . ( b )
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Cuttle and Cuttle Bridge (Other OS name, Long Itchington, Warwickshire)
Cuttole AD iii; Cuttle brook 1725 B; Cutwell, Cuttle close, Cuttle brook, Cuttle lane 1761 EnclA
. Cf. Cuttole n.d. AD iii , Cuttle brook 1725 B , Cutwell , Cuttle close , Cuttle brook , Cuttle lane 1761EnclA . v.
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Flaxman'S Spinney (Other OS name, Wistow, Leicestershire)
, v. spinney ; possibly with the surn . Flaxman , from the ME occupational name flaxman ' a dresser or seller offlax ' , but note Flaxlandes in f. ns .
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Gibbet Lane (Other OS name, Toft Newton, Lincolnshire)
Gibbet Rath 1828 Bry
, cf. Gibbet Rath 1828 Bry , on the south - east corner of the parish on the boundary with Faldingworth LWR , with Gibbet Hill a little further east in
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Guthlaxton Gap (Other OS name, Cosby, Leicestershire)
Guthlaxton Bridge 1835 O
, 1807 Nichols , v. gap , cf. Guthlaxton Bridge 1835 O at this site ; v. Guthlaxton Hundred supra and Gutlakestonfelde in Cosby f. ns . ( b ) infra
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Halton Drain (Other OS name, West Halton, Lincolnshire)
the common drayne 1577, 1664 Terrier; common dreane 1638 Terrier; the comon dreane 1668, 1686, 1690 Terrier; the Com(m)on Drayne 1697 Terrier; the Common Drain 1730 Terrier…
, cf. the common drayne 1577, 1664Terrier , common dreane 1638Terrier , the comon dreane 1668, 1686, 1690Terrier ,
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Harby Hall (Other OS name, Clawson, Hose and Harby, Leicestershire)
, v. the Hall Close and the Hall Leys in f. ns . ( b )
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Holloway Spinney (Other OS name, Gumley, Leicestershire)
, v. hol 2 , weg , spinney and Holgate in f. ns . ( b )
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Lings Fm (Other OS name, Rothwell, Lincolnshire)
Lynge Styght 1577 Terrier; ling stigh 1606, 1638 Terrier; ling stigh 1611 Terrier; ling Stigh 1625 Terrier; Linge street 1721 Terrier; the Lings 1767 EnclA; The Lings 1831 Brad…
, cf. Lynge Styght 1577Terrier , ling stigh 1606, 1638Terrier , ling stigh 1611Terrier , ling Stigh 1625Terrier ,
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Long Screed (Other OS name, Cadney, Lincolnshire)
, presumably screed ' a narrow strip of land ' , NED sb I , 1 b
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North Field Barn(lost) (Other OS name, Aylesby, Lincolnshire)
North Feild 1634 Terrier; North feild 1684 Tyr
( lost ) , 1824 O , cf. North Feild 1634Terrier , North feild 1684Tyr , named from one of the great fields of the village , v. norð
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Parsonage Barn (Other OS name, Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire)
( lost , approx TA 294 027 ) , Pars . B . 1828 Bry
