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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Beggar's Knoll
Beggar's Knoll
Other OS name in the Parish of Westbury
Etymology
is a term of contempt . Cf.
infra
455 .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Brook
Westbury Leigh
Other OS name
Leighton
Bere's Mere
Bridewell Springs
Chalford
Eden Vale
Four Hundred Down
Frogmore
Ham
Madbrook Fm
New Town
Ranscombe Bottom
Redland Ho
Storridge Fm
Thirteen Hundred Down
White Horse
Winkland's Down
Major Settlement
Westbury