 | Whellan T. and co - 1856 - 698 pages
...Cottingham, tells us that Ocellum was certainly the name of the district now called Holderness, and that " the name, from its derivation, may fairly mean the eye, or exploring place ;" and he refers to Baxter and Camden, who seem to agree that Ocellum means Spurn Head, or the projecting... | |
 | James Joseph Sheahan, T. Whellan - York (England) - 1857 - 692 pages
...Cottingham, tells us that Ocellum was certainly the name of the district now called Holderness, and that " the name, from its derivation, may fairly mean the eye, or exploring place;" and he refers to Baxter and Camden, who seem to agree that Ocellum means Spurn Head, or the projecting... | |
 | Richard Stephen Charnock - Geography - 1859 - 356 pages
...signifies in Brit. a promontory, a narrow tract of land." (Drake, Hist. York.) It is certain, adds Allen, that Ocellum was the name of the district now called...caput in Parisis, " the projecting head in Parisi." STAFFORD, found written Stsefford ; in Domesday Statford and Stadford. From AS staf a staff, ford a... | |
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It is equally certain that Ocellum was the name of the district now called Holderness. The name, from its derivation, may fairly mean the eye, or exploring place; and Baxter agrees with Camden, that Ocellum means Spurn-head, or protensum caput in Parisis,... 