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Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)
Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in
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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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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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Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)
( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe
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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
