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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cain's Folly

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanton St Gabriel

Etymology

, a stretch of eroded coastal cliffs below Stonebarrow Hill in Whitchurch C . par . infra , perhaps a derogatory name alluding to the punishment meted out to the biblical Cain , v. Field 35 , but cf. the f.n. Cain ( ' )s Orchd & Cain ( ' ) s Plot in Chideock par . supra which probably contains the surname Cain .