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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thunder Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnburgh

Historical Forms

  • Thunder Hole (Close) 1764 Glebe 1840 TA

Etymology

, Thunder Hole (Close )1764Glebe , 1840TA , from thunder and hol 1 , but the allusion is obscure ; it is a hollow in the hillside .