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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hoar Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Etymology

, 1817 M , ' boundary stones ' , v. hār , stān , cf. Horse Stone infra ; it is possibly identical with ' the cross of Richard ' , a boundary cross erected by Richard de Lovetot a. 1290 Hall 110 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name