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Pond Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Pawndhill 1700,1716 ib

Etymology

, 1766Briggs e. 18 , Pawndhill 1700, 1716 ib e. 2 , 12 , perhaps early dial . paund , a form of pawn ' pledge ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name