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Rhiannon Feb 14, 2007 09:57:49

Replying to Littlestone

oh perhaps I just got the wrong end of the stick, is this a geographical or a etymological thing - are you saying Waden Hill was also called Weedon Hill? or that just the Great Bank is called Weedon Hill? In Stukeley's drawing (last one on that page) it's certainly at the tail end of Waden Hill. Sorry. It's early. I feel vague and horrid.

Littlestone Feb 14, 2007 10:21:05

Replying to Rhiannon

It's both geographical and etymological (and it's still a bit early for me too ;-)

'Silbaby' is referred to by Stukeley as Weedon Hill - I don't know if he's confusing it with Waden Hill, but the name Weedon Hill occurs elsewhere (in Bucks and Northants for example) where it certainly means a 'hill with a heathen temple'.

Pete, does Stukeley ever actually use the name Waden Hill? Stukeley seems to confuse Waden Hill with Windmill Hill sometimes. And what does he mean when he says (above link, last line), "This hill too is call'd Weedon-hill..." What 'too' is he referring to?