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Glydes's Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Middle Glydes & Yonder Glydes, Glydes 1841 TA

Etymology

, Middle Glydes & Yonder Glydes , Glydes 1841TA , probably the surname Glyde ( from OE  glida ' kite ' ) common in 1327, 1332 SR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement