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Hensbarrow Beacon/Hill
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Bre Krugewik
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Type:
Topographical Feature
Parish:
Treverbyn
Hundred:
Powder
Elements:
bre
Meaning:
hill
ewik
Meaning:
hind, doe
krug
Meaning:
barrow, mound
Elements notes:
<bre> 'hill' + <krug> 'mound, barrow' + <ewik> 'hind, doe'
Historic forms:
Hensberie hill 1584 Hensburrow Beacon 1888 (OS 1888) Beacon 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Hensbarrow Beacon (SX 99 57) 2014 (OS 2014)