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Hollow Clough Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Holleclowck 1374 Kendii,93
  • Hol(l)owclow 1535 1716 Ct
  • Hol(l)owclough 1645,1653 PR 1738 Rent

Etymology

, Holleclowck 1374 Kend ii, 93, Hol (l )owclow 1535 ib 98, 1716Ct 8, Hol (l )owclough 1645, 1653 PR, 1738Rent , ' hollow dell ' , v. hol 2 , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site