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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hazel Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Overblow

Historical Forms

  • Heseheued l.12 Sawl125
  • Heselheued 13,1302 ib

Etymology

, Heseheued l. 12Sawl 125, Heselheued 13, 1302 ib 127,131d , v. hesli ' hazel ' , hēafod , here ( as elsewhere in the parish ) ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name