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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hollyhead Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Etymology

( 110645651 ) , cf. Holloway Head Field 1845ib and Holeweye-diche 1334VR , ' (ditch at-, top end of-) the road in a hollow ' , v. holh , weg , hēafod , dīc . The ' hollow way ' may have been part of Swanlow Lane , or an older road on the line of Gladstone St . in Over .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site