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Hurstingstone Hundred (Hundred in Huntingdonshire)
The history of this Hundred-name has been made out by Mr Goodall in the paper already referred to s. n. Sword Point supra 190. He makes a convincing case for thinking that
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Sinks Beck (Other OS name, Holme East Waver, Cumberland)
Sinkes yeate 1635 Ct
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Sinkes yeate 1635Ct . Sink is probably used here in the sense of ' drain, sewer , ' v. NED s. v. sink sb . , 1 b