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Holding's Drumble, Holding's Drumble Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Brereton

Historical Forms

  • Holden's Drumble 1831 ib

Etymology

, Holden 's Drumble 1831 ib , cf. Drumble Lake 1831 ib , Drumble Meadow 1847TA , ' the dell of Holden (“deep valley”) ' , v. hol 2 , denu , dial . drumble , cf. dumbel ' a wooded dell ' , a valley with a stream on the boundary with Sproston and Arclid , cf. 254, 265supra .