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Howdes Barrow Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Stratton

Historical Forms

  • voc' Howdesbarrowe 1606 Lane 1770
  • Howdes Barrow 1838 TA

Etymology

, loc ' voc ' Howdesbarrowe 1606 (1770) Lane , Howdes Barrow 1838TA , the first el . may be the OE  pers.n. Hūd (a ) , cf. Huddington Wo 142 , v. beorg ( tumulus marked 6 ″ ) .