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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mitchell Hill Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Cottenham

Etymology

. Cf. Michell Ley 1596Christ 's , Cottenham Fennes voc .Michlaye 1604 (1727) Hayward , Michelle (e )1604Atkyns , fenn voc .Mukle 1660Dugd , Mitchell Hill c. 1840TA . This was apparently at first micel-lēah , ' large clearing . '