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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spear's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Horley

Historical Forms

  • Spyrelond 1462 Ct
  • Speryslond 1471 VCHiii,204
  • Speresland 1472 IpmR
  • Spiers farme 1604 Deed

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Spyrelond 1462Ct , Speryslond 1471 VCH iii, 204, Speresland 1472 IpmR,Spiers farme 1604Deed , possibly containing the word spire , ' reeds, sedges , ' noted in PN D 261, s. n. Spirewell .