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Limekiln Cave

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Old Lime Kiln 1892 ib

Etymology

, 1892 Map , named from Old Lime Kiln 1892 ib , cf. (above ) Lyme Crofte 1608LRMB , Above Lime Croft 1839TA , v. līm , croft .

Places in the same Parish