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I think this is quite likely. Bearing in mind that few ordinary folk were literate and would not have been aware of spelling, any sloppy speech could be repeated and adopted. Also, when babies were baptised and couples married, the minister would write in the register the names that he was hearing and here the problems of different English accents play a part. A vicar from Hampshire would have spoken a vastly different English to a yokel in Linolnshire.
In one village I am interested in, the surname Holway is sometimes given as Holwell or Holwill. And one Kennington family of Lincolnshire was regularly recorded as Keddington.
I think we always have to be aware that names have changed over the centuries and be ready to accept that a surname or place name could change or be interchangeable with another similar name.
Hope this helps.
Colleen
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