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Spittle Pond

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Etymology

, cf. claus ' voc ' Spetill 1550Midd , Spittle 1650Hutch3, 1844TA , perhaps lME spettle ( from OE  spǣtl ) ' saliva, spittle ' with reference to the appearance of standing water .