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Brown Knowl

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Broxton Hill & Brow Knowl Plantation 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Broxton Hill & Brow Knowl Plantation 1831 Bry , cf. Hill Croft , Hill Field & Hill Wood 1839TA , v. brūn 1 , cnoll , hyll . Cf. Broxton supra , Peckforton Hills 3312 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site