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Survey of English Place-Names

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Showell Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Meriden

Historical Forms

  • Seweles lane, Sewales lane ib.

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Seweles lane , Sewales lane ib. and possibly contains the obsolete shewel , ' scarecrow , ' earlier shewels . See NED s. v .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement