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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sandhills

Other OS name in the Parish of Cattistock

Historical Forms

  • Swan Hill 1795 Boswell
  • Swanhills 1811 OS 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1903 6″ , 1939 Kelly , Swan Hill 1795 Boswell, Swanhills 1811 OS, 1839TA , cf. Swanhill Close 1839ib , originally ' hill(s) from which swans were seen ' ( the site overlooks R . Frome ) , but there seems to have been a deliberate name - change in late 19th cent .