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A History of Horncastle, from the earliest period to the present time

Note 10 — PART II—THE DIMLY HISTORIC PERIOD.

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The prefix “Horn” is also found in Holbeach Hurn, an angular headland on the south coast of Lincolnshire. In the monkish Latin of old title deeds, we also find the patronymic Hurne, Hearne, &c., represented by its equivalent “de angulo,” i.e. “of the corner.”

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