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Hen Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Henstones Layes 1693 Glebe

Etymology

, Henstones Layes 1693Glebe , v. henn ' hen ' ( moor - hen or other wild bird ) , stān , lēah ' clearing ' , and for the p.n. type cf. Deer Stones iii, 147supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name