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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thief Cleugh

Other OS name in the Parish of Nicholforest

Historical Forms

  • the Thief's Clough 1740 CW(OS)viii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Thief 's Clough 1740 CW (OS) viii . v. clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement