English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Owslin

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Oxlin(house) 1761,1787 PRRl
  • Housling 1817 M

Etymology

, Oxlin (house )1761, 1787 PRRl, Housling 1817 M , possibly ' heather land where oxen pastured ' , v. ox ( with the dial . change of - x - to - z - , cf. Phonol § 44 ) , lyng .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name