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Merry Hill (Barn)

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

, probably myrge ' pleasant ' , perhaps used of a hill where merry - making took place , but cf. Do dial . merry ' the wild cherry ' ( Barnes 81 ) .