enclosed ground

  • 51Hawlgarth — This interesting and unusual surname widely recorded in Lincolnshire church registers from the mid 16th Century, under the variant spellings Halgarth, Halegarth, Hawlgarth etc., is of northern English locational origin either from Hallgarth, a… …

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  • 52Lisamore — This name is of Scottish locational origin from Lismore island situated between Oban and Mull on the west coast. The name derives from the Gaelic lios , translating variously as enclosed ground of an ancient settlement , ring fort or fairy mound …

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  • 53Lisimore — This name is of Scottish locational origin from Lismore island situated between Oban and Mull on the west coast. The name derives from the Gaelic lios , translating variously as enclosed ground of an ancient settlement , ring fort or fairy mound …

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  • 54Lismore — This name is of Scottish locational origin from Lismore island situated between Oban and Mull on the west coast. The name derives from the Gaelic lios , translating variously as enclosed ground of an ancient settlement , ring fort or fairy mound …

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  • 55Lissimore — This name is of Scottish locational origin from Lismore island situated between Oban and Mull on the west coast. The name derives from the Gaelic lios , translating variously as enclosed ground of an ancient settlement , ring fort or fairy mound …

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  • 56Westgarth — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon/Scandinavian origin, and is of locational origin from West Garth, near Colinton, Midlothian in Scotland. The placename itself is composed of the Olde English pre 7th Century element west , west and… …

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  • 57garth — (n.) small piece of enclosed ground, northern and western English dialect word, mid 14c., from O.N. garðr yard, courtyard, fence, cognate of O.E. geard (see YARD (Cf. yard) (n.1)) …

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  • 58amusement park — /əˈmjuzmənt pak/ (say uh myoohzmuhnt pahk) noun a commercially run enclosed ground where amusements (def. 3) are permanently situated …

  • 59croft — /krɒft/ (say kroft) noun 1. a small piece of enclosed ground for tillage, pasture, etc. 2. a very small farm, as one worked by a Scottish crofter. {Middle English and Old English. Compare Middle Dutch kroft field on high land} …

  • 60yard — Ⅰ. yard [1] ► NOUN 1) a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2) a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials. 3) a cylindrical spar slung across a ship s mast for a sail to hang from. ● by the yard Cf.… …

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