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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sloes Hill (Copse)

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Sloes Hill 1839 TA

Etymology

, Sloes Hill (Plant .) 1839TA , cf. Slooes mead 1650 Hutch3 , probably a surname , cf. William atte Slow 1327 SR ( Dorchester ) , William atte Slo 1332 ib ( Rampisham , Melcombe Regis ) , from slōh ' slough, mire ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement