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From: "Miles Costello" <>
Subject: Re: [OPS] Field names - CHEQUER
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:45:44 -0000
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Ian,

Just a suggestion.

Could the name refer to the location of The Service Tree which we in Sussex
call the Chequer Tree from the appearance of its bark.

It could of course be a corruption of exchequer in which case it may have
formerly been a place where tithes or other charges were paid.

Miles Costello

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Miller <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: [OPS] Field names - CHEQUER


> In our village there used to be a field which bore the name of CHEQUER.
> Apart from the "obvious" meaning of something which is
> checkerboard-patterned can anyone suggest a meaning or derivation of the
name?
>
> Ian Miller
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