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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallows Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Historical Forms

  • Gallis Hill 1682 Weld1

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Gallis Hill 1682Weld 1 , v. galga ' gallows ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement