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Stukeley refers to the Great Bank as Weedon-hill. Apologies if this has been mentioned before but -

"Weedon. 'hill with a heathen temple'. OE weoh+dun..."* may be relevant.

* Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names by A D Mills. ISBN 0 19 280074 4. Page 368.


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Littlestone
Posted by Littlestone
13th February 2007ce
21:06

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Re: Weedon Hill (Rhiannon)
Re: Weedon upon the Swan-eeee river, far far awaye (VenerableBottyBurp)
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Re: Weedon Hill (Littlestone)

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