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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hemlock, Hemlock Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of West Chelborough

Historical Forms

  • Hemlock 1811 OS 1839 TAMap

Etymology

( 1 ″ ) , Hemlock 1811 OS, 1839TAMap , no doubt from the presence here of one of the group of poisonous umbelliferous plants so named .