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Tandridge Hundred (Hundred in Surrey)
v. Tandridge infra 335. In 1651 (ParlSurv ) the court leets were held at a place called Undersnow . This, in a deed of 1656 (VCH iv, 252), is called Hundredsnow
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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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Spook Hill (Early-attested site, Dorking, Surrey)
Spokelande 1559 Norfolk
Spook Hill (6″). Cf. Spokelande 1559Norfolk . It is impossible to say anything certain about the first element in this name. The history of the word
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St Pier's Fm and Lane (Early-attested site, Lingfield, Surrey)
St Pierces Green 1765 R; Simpier Green 1823 Br
St Pier's Fm and Lane (both 6″). Cf. St Pierces Green 1765 R, Simpier Green 1823 Br. So
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Sussex Fm (Early-attested site, Send with Ripley, Surrey)
Sussex Fm is so named in 1823 (G). According to M and B (iii, 108), lands in Sussex and in Send were conveyed in 1674 to John Caryll of Goodwood and others. In 1688 these
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Bently Cottages and Copse (Other OS name, Shere with Gomshall, Surrey)
( 6 ″ ) . Bentley field , Copse and Pond are marked on an estate map of 1812 ( penes Mr R. B . Bray ) , v. beonet , leah
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Hog Hatch (Other OS name, Farnham, Surrey)
[ hɔgidʒ ] is Hoghache 1570, MinAcct , Hoggage 1749 B . v. hæcc
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Hogden Fm (Other OS name, Little Bookham, Surrey)
Hogden Lane 1749 B
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Hogden Lane 1749 B
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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
