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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hullgreen

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Laver

Historical Forms

  • Hulgrene 1566 M
  • Halgrene 1613 M
  • Hulls Green 1777 C

Etymology

is Hulgrene 1566 M, Halgrene 1613 M, Hulls Green 1777 C . The forms are late and unsatisfactory . Hull cannot be an Essex form for hyll in 1566 . The name should really be Hall Green . For the interchange of a and u cf. Gunters Fm infra 547 . There is also a wood named Hullgreen Spring .

Places in the same Parish

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