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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whetstone Hey Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Eastham

Etymology

, cf. Whetstone Hay ,Whitstone 1843TA , either ' white stone ' or ' whetstone ' , v. hwīt , stān , hwet-stān , probably named from a rock or pillar of stone .