Endship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Endship is a noun meaning (obsolete or historical) A village, or part of a village or parish, in England.
Meaning
(obsolete or historical) A village, or part of a village or parish, in England.
Example Sentences
Twickenham hath two villages or endships belonging to it, which are confidered as a part of its parish.
Whitton Dene was what was known as an endship, that is it was a small suburb or hamlet joined to Whitton, but with its own little community.
It was split between the two townships or endships of Shenley Church End, 673 ha (1662 acres) and Shenley Brook End, 671 ha (1659 acres). The long and straight north-eastern boundary followed the line of Watling Street.
The village emerged from a number of “endships” and the form of the village can be ascribed to "frontage" development along the roads linking these “endships”. Between these roads infilling has occurred and there has also been the[…]
Word Forms
- endships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vill, stead, town, neighborred, paroch, shire.
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