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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pratthall

Other OS name in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Prat(t)hall 1547 FF 1602,1630 Portland

Etymology

, Prat (t )hall 1547FF , 1602, 1630Portland , ' hall of a man called Pratt ' , v. hall ; no trace of a family of this name in the area has been discovered . The name is ultimately an OE  nickname from prætt ' trick ' , v. Tengvik 354 .