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.
Survey of English place-names
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Chitterne, Chitterne All Saints and Chitterne St Mary
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Breach Hill
Breach Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Chitterne
Etymology
is Brechehulle 1269 De Vaux . v.
bræc
and
infra
423 .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Breakheart Hill
Chitterne Down
Penning Barn
Major Settlement
Chitterne, Chitterne All Saints and Chitterne St Mary