Fawns
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Description
"The origin of the place-name is described as: 'Multi-coloured promontory' from fāg (Old English) meaning variegated, multi-coloured, coloured, and næss (Anglian) for ness, a promontory, a headland; a projecting piece of high land; a piece of land round which a river flows, to form a headland. Key to English Place-names http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northumberland/Fawns A medieval moated site next to the farm [[5800890]] is exceptionally well preserved and one of few surviving examples in Northumberland. It is said to have documentary evidence going back to 1303. Keys to the Past: http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N10398 Gatehouse: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2689.html" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2018. -
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Andrew Curtis -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5799047
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 5 years, 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2018-06-06 -
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