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Acre, Castle

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 277 words | Copyright

Acre, Castle, Acre, South & Acre, West Norfolk. Acre 1086 (DB), Castelacr 1235, Sutacra 1242, Westacre 1203. ‘Newly cultivated land’. OE æcer. Distinguishing affixes from OFrench castel (with reference to the Norman castle here), OE sūth and west.

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