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White Sheet Hill & White Sheet Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) , cf. claus ' voc ' White Sheete 1629DCMCt , Northfeild al 's Whitestreet (sic)1651ib , Inner White Sheet 1842TA , from scyte ' (steep) slope or hill ' or the related *scēot3 ' steep slope ' , cf. Shatcombe Fm and Scite Coppice both supra , also the analogous White Sheet Hill in Holt par . 2 156 and another example in Toller Fratrum par . supra ; the allusion is to chalk , cf . ' Old Chalk Pit' (6″) on the 700 ′ contour .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement