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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hallshot

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadbury

Historical Forms

  • Halsholte 1291 Dartmoor 1408
  • La Halsholt 1317 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) may be identical with Halsholte 1291 (1408) Dartmoor, La Halsholt 1317 Pat . Probably ' hazelwood , ' v. hæsl , holt and Addenda , Part i , lviii .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement