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Hakehill Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Cantley

Historical Forms

  • Hakill feild 1663 Glebe
  • Hakehill 1698 ib
  • Hayhill Field 1780 EnclA

Etymology

, Hakill feild 1663Glebe , Hakehill 1698 ib, Hayhill Field 1780EnclA , probably from OE  haca ' hook ' in some undetermined topographical sense , hyll .