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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cave Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Wyddial

Etymology

is so named in 1641 (Kings ) . Near by is Cavehall Barn ( 6 ″ ) . There is a shaft here in the chalk , said to be a ' denehole ' ( VCH iii, 114 ) .

Places in the same Parish