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Ellowe Hoke

Field in the Parish of Norbury and Roston

Historical Forms

  • Ellowe Hoke 1306 Ass
  • quercum de Ellowe 1306 Ass

Etymology

Ellowe Hoke, quercum de Ellowe 1306 Ass('oak at Ellowe', v. āc,Ellowe perhaps being'Ella's burial-mound', v. hlāw)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement