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Full record: Wainfleet

County Lincolnshire
Transcript w[ayn]fle[t]
Icon description single building
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Etymology OE wægn-flēot, 'stream that can be crossed by a carriage'
Translation
Earlier editors Waynflet (OS 1935, Parsons)
Early Maps wanflete (Angliae Figura)
Overwritten no
Attested spelling Waineflet c. 1165 Bury

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