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Hillcrest
(EN)
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Krib an Vre
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Withiel
Hundred:
Pydarshire
Notes:
This place-name only appears on recent maps so is likely to be a modern coinage.
Elements:
krib
Meaning:
comb, reef, crest
an
Meaning:
the
bre
Meaning:
hill
Elements notes:
ECF: <krib> ‘crest’ + <an> ‘the’ + <bre> ‘hill’
Historic forms:
Hillcrest 2015 (OS, 2015)