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From: Chris Burgoyne <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Where is Hole Devonshire
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:14:06 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
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I suggest also Holne. In a Devonshire accent the "n" is almost silent so
if an enumerator did not know the place he might well have put down "Hole".

I have noticed that errors in place names seem to get worse as you move
away from the location in question. The enumerator has less knowledge of
the placename, and often the person being enumerated was illiterate, so
there was no point in asking "how do you spell that". They just wrote
down something that sounded right.

Chris Burgoyne





On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Terry Blackmore wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Take your pick
>
> Hole, The in Blackawton parish and Coleridge hundred.
> Hole, South in Hartland parish and Hartland hundred.
> Hole: see Holyeat
> Hole in Branscombe parish and Colyton hundred.
> Hole: see Newcott
> Hole in Georgeham parish and Braunton hundred.
> Hole in Tavistock parish and Tavistock hundred.
>
>
> Regards Terry
>
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