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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bell Flat Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Martons Both

Historical Forms

  • Belflats close 1693 Glebe

Etymology

, Belflats close 1693Glebe , v. belle ' bell ' , either as the surname Bell or in allusion to land allocated for the maintenance of the church - bells ( cf. Bell Crossi, 66supra ) , flat .