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Crab Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Shapwick

Etymology

, probably an allusion to the legend of the ' Shapwick Monster ' ( a giant crab ) , v. Udal 293, Douch 106 ( M.H . , and Mr D . Hawkins ) .