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Mill Pond

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashchurch

Historical Forms

  • Car(i)antes mille 1487 MinAcct 1527 Rent4
  • Carraunteʒ Mille 1535 VE

Etymology

, cf. le olde Mylle pole 1492MinAcct , v. myln , pōl , a mill pond for Northway Mill , 1830 M , formerly Car (i )antes mille 1487MinAcct ,1527Rent 4, Carraunteʒ Mille 1535 VE , a mill on the Carrant Brook , cf. also Millehey 1527Rent ( v. (ge)hæg ) .