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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bale Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Dufton

Historical Forms

  • Bayle hill 1588 Rent212

Etymology

, 1859OS , Bayle hill 1588Rent 212 , probably , like Bale Hill (ii, 61supra ) , ' beacon hill ' , from ON  bál and hyll , but it is possible that Bale is a local surname as in Tommy Bayle's Spring (infra ) .