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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sea Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Chideock

Historical Forms

  • Sehill' 1506 Weld2
  • Seehyll(') 1558,1562 Weld2
  • Seyhyll' 1562 Weld2
  • Seatown Hill 1811 OS

Etymology

, Sehill '1506Weld 2, Seehyll (')1558, 1562Weld 2, Seyhyll '1562Weld 2, Seatown Hill 1811OS , overlooking the sea above Seatown supra , v. , hyll , cf. Sea Hill Plot 1841TA .