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The Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Houghton on the Hill

Historical Forms

  • Houghton Hall 1636,1677 Terrier

Etymology

, Houghton Hall 1636, 1677Terrier , cf. Ouerhall 1467 × 84LTD , ' the upper hall ' , v. uferra , hall . There were evidently two medieval halls in Houghton ; for discussion of this frequent phenomenon , v. J . Turville - Petre , ' Overhall and Netherhall', JEPNS 31 ( 1998–9 ) , 115 – 17 .