Well yes, but the question is not 'is a hawk's nest interesting enough to distinguish a well' but 'why should a hawk's nest be so much more interesting than the nest, dray, lair, holt, form or den of any other living thing when it comes to distinguishing twenty-odd wells?'.
The application of an individual place-name can be explained by any old story but patterns in the formation of names need something a bit less ad hoc. Any suggestions?
Jeremy Harte
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Subject: Re: Cry Hafoc; Bethune, Mam Tor
> What’s so special about hawks that they should have some 20 wells named after them alone?
A hawk's nest or habitual perching site near a well may have been remarkable enough to name the well after it.
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