Element record L5627 - SPELLER HILL, ASLOCKTON

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PLACE NAME (Early Medieval to Medieval)

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Grid reference SK 75299 41300 (point)
Map sheet SK74SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Aslockton, Rushcliffe

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Speller Hill, Spelhou 'Hill of Speech'. It lies by cross-roads at the highest point in a low-lying district. It was presumably the meeting-place of a local assembly, but its nature cannot now be determined. (1) (2)
See L5464 for Spellow Hill, Radcliffe.


<1> Notts Gaz Comm, Thoroton Gazetteer (Index). SNT957.

<2> Gover, Mawer & Stenton, 1940, Place Names of Nottinghamshire, p 220 (Published document). SNT670.

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  • <1> Index: Notts Gaz Comm. Thoroton Gazetteer.
  • <2> Published document: Gover, Mawer & Stenton. 1940. Place Names of Nottinghamshire. EPNS. p 220.

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Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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