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Snape Fm, Snape Bank & Snape Hollow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • le Snape 1433,1541 ChRR
  • les Snape 1443 ib
  • Snape 1585 Cre
  • Snape Farms 1831 Bry

Etymology

Snape Fm, Snape Bank & Snape Hollow [sneip], le Snape 1433, 1541 ChRR, les Snape 1443 ib, Snape 1585 Cre, Snape Farms 1831 Bry, cf. Dinger Snape , Long Snape & Rushy Snape 1845TA , 'poor pasturage', from snap , with banke and holh . Dinger - in the f.n. is from dingle 'a dell'. Cf. snapes 21supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site