1 gen 1686 anni - foul

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Foul or dirty; a very common specific in minor place-names, especially in combinations descriptive of lanes and water courses. Typical names listed by Smith are Foulcauseway Slack in Fewston and Foul Sike in Dent (PNWR). Early references include: <i>c</i>.1210 <i>terre Lazarorum de fulsnap</i>, Pontefract (YRS25/155); 1321 <i>a selion called Foulsikeland</i>, Adlingfleet (YRS111/8). Such names could develop at any time: 1686 <i>a great hole called the fowle hole worne by the overflowing of the river in the highway, 60 yards longe, 2 yards over and one quarter yard deep</i>, Kirkstall (QS1).

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