English Explanatory Dictionary

Owston Ferry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8000).

Word forms

Owston Ferry

Etymology

Originally two settlements, Owston, and (West Kinnard's) Ferry, it was not known as Owston Ferry until the early 1900s. A ferry used to operate across the Trent, and a settlement on the opposite bank is named East Ferry, which may be historically significant.

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