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Merrybent Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Etymology

, 1672Dep , ' pleasant pasture ' , v. myrig , beonet ' bent-grass ' , cf. Merry Bent iii, 68 , Monubent vi, 186supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name