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Sansom's Knap

Other OS name in the Parish of Chardstock

Historical Forms

  • Sansom's Nap 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Sansom 's Nap 1839TA , cf. Tristram Sampson '1537Digby , v. cnæpp .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement