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Survey of English Place-Names

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Catholes Withy Bed

Other OS name in the Parish of Puncknowle

Historical Forms

  • Catholes (Gully) 1839 TA

Etymology

, named from Catholes (Gully )1839TA , ' wild-cat holes or hollows ' , v. cat(t) , hol 1 , cf. Cathole Barn & Cathole Copse in Burton Brad , par infra and catthola 854 BCS 477 ( Wiltshire ) cited by EPN 1 83 .