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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grotten Cl

Field in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA 1384 Prideaux
  • la grutte 1385 MiltRoll

Etymology

Grotten Cl(possibly tobe associated with la grutte 1385(e15)(rendered a gulley in 1384(e16)),from grytte'stony land', v. 1 237, but cf. groten'gravelly')