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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hogshead Lane & Hogshead Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Etymology

, probably ' hawk's gap ' , from hafoc-scerde , analogous with Hogsheads 1191 , v. Hawkesyord 1 166 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name