Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Horslip Bridge
Horslip Bridge
Other OS name in the Parish of Avebury
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) [ hɔslip ] , probably from earlier ' horse-leap . '
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Beckhampton
Waden Hill
West Kennett
Silbury Hill
Other OS name
Knoll Down
Penning Barn
Swallowhead Springs
Westbrook Fm
West Down
Major Settlement
Avebury