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Snellsmoor Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Chellaston

Historical Forms

  • Snellesmere, Swellesmar' 13th Dale

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Snellesmere , Swellesmar '13thDale , perhaps ' Snell'spool ' , v. mere 1 .

Places in the same Parish