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Survey of English Place-Names

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Beacon Knap

Other OS name in the Parish of Swyre

Etymology

, cf. Gt Beacon & Lr Beacon 1838TA , v. bēacon , cnæpp ' hill-top ' ; it is called Swyre Barrow 1811 OS .