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Survey of English Place-Names

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Swallow Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedgefield

Etymology

, v. swallow-hole ' an opening or cavity , such as are common in limestone country , through which a stream disappears underground ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site