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Three Lords' Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of East Holme

Etymology

, 1843TAMap , a tumulus ( marked 6 ″ ) where the bounds of four pars . - E Holme , Arne , Ch . Knowle and Steeple – now meet , but no doubt at one time a bound of three manors . Withy Bed , cf. New Willow Bed 1841TA , v. wīðig .