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Seal Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. Seal -Green in Measand 1729 PR , Seale close 1839TA ( which is at grid 83 – 509164 ) , v. sele 2 ' willow copse ' , selja ' willow ' .