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Skeg Hlll

Other OS name in the Parish of Cold Newton

Historical Forms

  • Skeghill 1616 Misc

Etymology

, Skeghill 1616 Misc , cf. Skeyghhill close 1623 Ipm , v. skegg ' a beard ' , used topographically of something jutting out and poss . covered with scrub , cf. Hamerskeges and Skeggedale in Hoby f. ns . ( b ) .