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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wain Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1770 M , cf. Wayneknott 1379 HMC x, 323 , ' gap ina wall for a wagon to pass ' and ' hill which a wagon could use ' v. wægn , gap , knǫttr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement