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Horn Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Horne hill 1621 Strode 17
  • Horn (Hill) 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Horne hill 1621 (17)Strode , Horn (Hill )1839TA , cf. Walter de la Horn (e )13 (15) Forde ,1244Ass , and perhaps Horhulle (?for Hornhulle ) 13 (15) Forde , ' projectingor horn-shaped hill ' , v. horn , hyll , foll. ; the hill here reaches 700 ′ .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement