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Alum Pot Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Allam Pott 1791 EnclA

Etymology

, Allam Pott 1791EnclA , v. potte ' a deep hole, apot-hole ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement