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Occupiers of Park Farm or ‘Sperke’: 1580 – 1939

Occupiers of Park Farm or ‘Sperke’: 1580 – 1939

by Rowena Bradnam | Apr 9, 2020 | Places, Park Farm

Park seems to be a late form of the older form Sperke.  In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game. 16th Century 1580          The Burial Register records the burial of...

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