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Paddle Cottage (Early-attested site, Edgcote, Northamptonshire)
“If we can Pad-well overgoe and Horestone we can see;
Then Lords of England we shall be.”
The Horestone he tells us was a famous old stone on the borders of
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Highgate Wood (Other OS name, Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire)
( B ) . Cf. Hyegatestybbyng 1430 Finch - Hatton . For stybbing v. infra 270
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Horseshoe Fm (Other OS name, Borough Fen, Northamptonshire)
Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B
. Cf. Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B . ' Drove ' is a term used in the fens for a road along which cattle are driven , and for a water - way ( PN BedsHu 294 )
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Kirtley Barn (Other OS name, Cranford St Andrew and St John, Northamptonshire)
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Curtley Field in Slipton ( 1771EnclA ) , and Carkley Lane 1823 Sale Hill Wood ( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1823 B . For sale v. BritainSale
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New England (Other OS name, Peterborough, Northamptonshire)
is a modern district which grew up round the railway works here post 1850 ( W . T . M . )
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New England (Other OS name, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire)
is so named c. 1825 (O.S.)
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New England (Other OS name, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)
is in the far north - west of the parish . v. infra 293
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Old Head Wood (Other OS name, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B , and nearby are also marked Wold Coppice and Warkton Wold . The meaning may have been ' wood at the head or end of the “ wold , ”
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Oldfield Thicket (Other OS name, Harlestone, Northamptonshire)
Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
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Powder Blue Fm (Other OS name, Eye, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B . The NED defines ' powder-blue ' as ' powdered smalt,especially for use in the laundry . ' The reason for the application of the name is unknown
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Ree Lane (Other OS name, Loughton, Essex)
survives in Ree Lane Cottages ( local ) and ( local ) , both in England 's Lane
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Syke Way (Other OS name, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire)
Sike Gutter 1740 Terrier
( B ) . Cf. Sike Gutter 1740Terrier , v. sic
