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Full record: Hadleigh

County Essex
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hadle

Icon description

two (?) castles, walls with two gates

Icons
  • castles (multiple)
  • gates (multiple)
Description
Appearances
Etymology OE hǣþ, 'heath' + lēah, 'forest clearing'
Translation
Earlier editors
Early Maps

hadle (Angliae Figura); hadlee (Totius Britanniae; castle, walls with one gate)

Overwritten

yes

Attested spelling Hadlea 1182 P, 1231 Ch, Cl, Hadlee 1287 FF