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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitebread Hole

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastbourne

Etymology

Whitebread Hole (6″) is so called in 1694CplM . There was a William Whytbred in a different part of the manor in 1485 (CplM ). In 1450 (CplM ) it was known as Wycombe .