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Mill Pit

lake or loch · Cambridgeshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a pit associated with a mill. 'Mill' indicates a place for grinding grain, and 'pit' refers to a hole or shaft.

Word origins

Mill
Old Englisha building containing a machine for grinding something, especially grain(from miln "mill")
Pit
Old Englisha hole or shaft in the ground(from pytt "pit, well")