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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nunhold Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatton

Historical Forms

  • Nun Old 1600 Depositions
  • Nunold 1665 Ryland
  • Nunole 1725 B
  • Nunhole c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Nun Old 1600Depositions , Nunold 1665 Ryland, Nunole 1725 B, Nunhole c. 1840TA . Cf. Nonnehilles 1546 LP , apparently in this parish . Probably ' nun-wold ' and ' nun-hill ' from the nuns of Wroxall ( cf. Dugdale 493 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement