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Survey of English Place-Names

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Clan Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Nantwich

Historical Forms

  • Clanhurst(e) 1420,1478,1482 AddCh
  • (two fields called) Clanhurstis 1493 ib
  • Great Clanhurste & Little Clanhurste 1671 ib

Etymology

, Clanhurst (e )1420, 1478, 1482AddCh , (two fields called ) Clanhurstis 1493ib , Great Clanhurste & Little Clanhurste 1671ib , ' clean wood-hill ' , i.e. free of undergrowth , v. clǣne , hyrst .