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Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)
Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in
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Owlscastle (Early-attested site, Horsham, Sussex)
Owlscastle may have been one of the hiding places of the owlers who engaged in Surrey and Kent in the trade of smuggling wool or sheep out of England (v. SAC 24, 141 and
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Dawscroft Ho (Other OS name, Brewood, Staffordshire)
, cf. Dawespleck infra under ( b )
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Haling Grove, Haling Close & Haling Rd or Haling Dene (Other OS name, Penkridge, Staffordshire)
( local ) , from haling vbl . sb . ( b ) NED used attributively and meaning ' haling-path or towing-path ' ; it refers to the nearby canal
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Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)
( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe
