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Survey of English Place-Names

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Penton Linns

Other OS name in the Parish of Nicholforest

Historical Forms

  • Ponton Pills 1774 Donald
  • Panton Hills 1794 H

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Ponton Pills 1774 Donald, Penton Lin , or Panton Hills 1794 H . There is a spring here in Liddel Water .