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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Hulks

Other OS name in the Parish of Lydney

Historical Forms

  • the Holkes 1565 GR421
  • a pygges hulke als. pygges Coote 1568 For

Etymology

, the Holkes 1565GR 421, v. hulc 'shed'; the word is used as an appellative inthe phrase a pygges hulke als. pygges Coote in 1568For .