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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hollow Tongue

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1826 Surv 1837 Valuation 1968 Surv
  • Holotong ' 1467×84 LTD
  • Hollowtong 1700 Terrier

Etymology

Hollow Tongue 1826, 1837, 1968 (Holotong' 1467 × 84, hollowtonge 1601, 1625, Hollow Tongue 1675, 1679 et passim to 1745, Hollowtong 1700, v. holh, tunge)