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Tub Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Tulball (sic) 1629 ib
  • (the) Tubball, Tubbell, Tubbul 1639–60 ib

Etymology

, 1803 PR , Tulball (sic)1629 ib, (the ) Tubball , Tubbell , Tubbul 1639–60 ib (freq ) , probably ' a holeby which tubs were brought to the surface ' , from dial . tub ' a miningbucket ' and hol 1 ; there are several disused shafts in the vicinity .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement