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Merry Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Enfield

Etymology

. Cf. Merry Hill Way 1658ParlSurv . This is on the parish boundary and may be a corruption of OE (ge)mære , ' boundary . ' Cf. Merry Brook (PN Wo 13) .