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Bleet Fm, Bleet Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Gillingham

Historical Forms

  • Bleet 1811 OS

Etymology

( 1774 Hutch1 , 1869 Hutch3 , Bleet 1811 OS ) , probably SCy  dial. bleat ' cold, bleak ' ( from the OE adj . blēat ' wretched, miserable ' ) , cf. BleathamSx 101 , but earlier spellings are needed ; there is a Hunger Hill Fm 1 mile E in E Stour par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement