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Ball Bottom Copse, Ball Copse, Ball Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Newton

Historical Forms

  • Great Ball, Little Ball 1811 OS
  • Ball Bottom (Copse), Ball hill (Eweleaze), Ball Wd 1838 TA

Etymology

, Great Ball ,Little Ball 1811 OS, Ball Bottom (Copse ), Ball hill (Eweleaze ), Ball Wd 1838TA , v. ball ' rounded hill ' ; the hill here is the highest point in the par . ( 825 ′ ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement