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Hindswell Gutter

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Hind's Well 1816 Sheaf

Etymology

, named from Hind 's Well 1816 Sheaf , cf. Hinds Gate infra , ' hind's spring ' , from hind and wella , with goter ' a gutter ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name