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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Ball Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Culmstock

Historical Forms

  • Whitball 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

For ball , v. supra 211. 'White may refer to the white clay pockets in the greensand here' (ex inf. Rev. E. S. Chalk).

Places in the same Parish