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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bunker Hill Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Seagrave

Historical Forms

  • Bunker Hill Farm 1919 Sale
  • Bunker's Hill 1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly

Etymology

, Bunker Hill Farm 1919Sale , Bunker 's Hill 1863, 1877 White, 1925 Kelly ; named from the Battle of Bunker Hill ( 1775 ) in the American War of Independence where British victory failed to break the colonists ' siege of Boston .