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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brown Haw

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Browen 1620,1625 PR

Etymology

, doubtless named from the local family of Browen (1620, 1625 PR 22, 37) , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement