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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hover's Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Frampton Cotterell

Etymology

, cf. Hoverescliue 1301Ext 8 , probably a ME byname from OE  hofer ' hump, swelling ' ( cf. hoferede 'hump-backed' ) , or the word itself used of ' a hump onthe ground ' , v. clif .