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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ball Hays

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Ballheyes 1596 Rogers
  • Ballpeece 1663 Rogers
  • Ballhayes 1663 Rogers

Etymology

Ball Hays(Ballheyes 1596, Ballpeece, Ballhayes 1663, the surname Ball, v.(ge)hæg'enclosure')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement