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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hamerton Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Hammerton 1585 WillY

Etymology

, Hammerton 1585 WillY , v. hamarr ' a crag, cliff ' , tūn ( probably replacing dūn , as this is the name of a rocky hill and not a farmstead ) , but cf. Hamerton Hill Syke 106infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name