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Hilbre Swash

Other OS name in the Parish of St Oswald's

Historical Forms

  • Helbre Swash 1831 Bry
  • the Swash 1819 Orm2ii498

Etymology

, Helbre Swash 1831 Bry, the Swash 1819 Orm2 ii498 , v. swash ' a channel across a shoal, a rushof water ' , here alluding to the rush of the tide over the Hoyle sands .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement