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Worrall Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Wyrrall hill 1655 ib

Etymology

, 1669Comm , Wyrrall hill 1655 ib , doubtless ' bog-myrtle nook ' , v. wīr , halh and cf. other examples of this compound , Wirral (Ch) , Worrall (YW i, 230) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement