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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bawtry Spittle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blyth

Historical Forms

  • capell' S'te Marie Magdalene juxta Bautre vocat' le Spittell 1535 VE

Etymology

Bawtry Spittle (lost), 1841 O.S., capell ' S 'te Marie Magdalene juxta Bautre vocat ' le Spittell 1535 VE, cf. also Hospital Close 1841TA . v. spitel 'a hospital, a religious house'.