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Wanner Hill Fm(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Warrant Hill 1668–71 Sheaf 1738 Chol
  • (the) Warren Hill 1670,1718 ib
  • the house at the Warren Hill, The Warrant House 1753 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , 1786Chol , Warrant Hill 1668–71 Sheaf, 1738Chol , (the )Warren Hill 1670, 1718ib , the house at the Warren Hill , The Warrant House 1753ib , ' rabbit-warren hill ' , v. wareine , hyll , cf. WarransHouse Fd 3300 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site