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Cob Mill Ctgs

Other OS name in the Parish of Swyre

Historical Forms

  • Cobb Mill 1667 Russ 1838 TA

Etymology

, named from Cobb Mill 1667Russ , 1838TA , cf. John Cobbe 1327 , William Cobbe 1327, 1332 SR ( taxed under Swyre ) , and the TA f. ns . Mill Hams and Milverlands infra ; there is mention of a mill at Swyre in 1086 DB .