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(Old) Chalk Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of West Knighton

Etymology

, cf. the Chalk Pit , Chalk Pit Furlong 1785EnclA , Pit Close ,Quarry pit field 1843TA , (Old) Gravel Pit(s) infra , v. pytt .