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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hr Stonehips, Lr Stonehips

Other OS name in the Parish of Steeple

Historical Forms

  • Lr Stonehip, Stonehip Coppice, Stonehips Md p1795 Mansel
  • Stonehips Copse 1842 TA

Etymology

, Lr Stonehip , Stonehip Coppice , Stonehips Md p1795Mansel , Stonehips Copse 1842TA , ' heap(s) ofstone(s) ' , v. stān , hēap ( cf. Do dial. hipe (Barnes 72 ) ) .