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Survey of English Place-Names

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Happlepits

Field in the Parish of Findern

Historical Forms

  • 1840 Rate (WF)
  • Heppel Pits 1781 EnclA

Etymology

Happlepits(Heppel Pits 1781 EnclA, cf. Heppelemeud' 1207 FF;perhaps Heppele is'hip clearing', v. hēope, lēah)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement