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Survey of English Place-Names

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Break Heart Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sydling St Nicholas

Etymology

, possibly a derogatory name for unproductive land , or referring to a steep gradient in one of the lanes climbing the hill , cf. another Breakheart Hillin Chitterne W 163 .