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Sheet 104 Plan 16 Parish of Bywell St Peter

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Yecklish Burn Yaecklish Burn John Askew 50 links north of This is a considerable stream
Yaecklish Burn Thos Askew Clark’s Well. running in a S. E. direction
Yaecklish Burn John Fewster to where it joins Mere
Burn The name appears
Yeck Brockett’s Glossary to be well known and may
have derived from oak (See Brockett’s Glossary
but I could not get the ( for Yeck
This is the system adopted derivation of the name from
on the County Durham Plans. many of the oldest inhabitants
which I have consulted on
the matter.
Yeck : Oak Yeck: Oak. See Brockett’s Glossary
Thomas Grehan Civil Assistant

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