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Seaton Sands, Seaton Snook, Seaton Snook Junction

Other OS name in the Parish of Stranton

Historical Forms

  • the Warren Marsh and Snooke, the Warren Snook and March 1691 Encl 1791

Etymology

, the Warren Marsh and Snooke ,the Warren Snook and March [1691] 1791Encl , the Warren Marsh and Snook 1719, 1744, the Warren Marsh 1788, the Warren Marsh or Snook 1791, the Marsh or Snook of Seaton Carew 1788, 1799Eldon , v. ModE dial snook ' a projecting point or piece of land; a promontory ' ( OED ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement