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Survey of English Place-Names

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Newnham Ridge

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Newnhams Ridge 1655 Comm

Etymology

, Newnhams Ridge 1655Comm , probably a surname from Newnham(197supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement