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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hot Hollow Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Empingham

Historical Forms

  • Hot Hollow 1943 Map
  • The Hott 1698,l17 Terrier

Etymology

( 2 ½ ″ ) , Hot Hollow 1943Map , The Hott 1698, l17Terrier , perh . with dial . ho ' t ( from holt ) with the sense ' poor land covered with furze or ling ' , cf. Warren's Holt inf.ns. (a) infra , v. holh .