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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hr Headlands Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Headlands 1839 TA

Etymology

, Headlands 1839TA , v. hēafod-land ; some of the old open fields divided into strips are still shown on the 6 ″ map ( 1938 ed . ) .

Places in the same Parish