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Sawmills

village · Derbyshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Sawmills is a descriptive Old English place name, referring to a location with sawmills. It combines 'sāw(e)l' (soul, but here likely referring to saw) with 'myln' (mill).

Word origins

saw(e)l
Old Englishsaw(from sāw(e)l "saw")
myln
Old Englishmill(from myln "mill")