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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spellow Ground Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brassington

Historical Forms

  • Spellow 1415 DuLaMB

Etymology

Spellow Ground Fm (local), Spellow 1415DuLaMB , Spilo Chas 2DuLa . 'Hill where speeches were made', v. spell , hlāw ; cf. Moot Low supra 351.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement