Fox Ground, Foxground Plant.
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corfe Castle
Historical Forms
- Foxland 1545,1562 Hutch3 1599 Pitt 1774 Hutch1 1861 Hutch3
- Foxground 1545 Ct 1697 DCMDeed c.1734
- East Foxground 1844 TA
Etymology
Fox Ground (SY 997830), Foxground Plant., Foxland 1545, 1562 Hutch3, 1599Pitt , 1774 Hutch1, 1861 Hutch3, Foxground 1545Ct , 1697 (c. 1734) DCMDeed , East Foxground 1844TA , 'plot of land frequented by foxes', v. fox , land , grund . Foxland and Foxground seem to be alternative names for the same property, cf. the description of Foxland in Hutch3 1535 as 'some grounds adjoining to the east side of Rempston' (v. Rempstone infra ). Fox Ground lies close to the par. bdy.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Corfe Castle
- Rollington Fm
- Swyre Head
- (Lt) Woolgarston
- Wytch Fm
- Afflington Fm
- Ailwood
- Arfleet Mill
- Blashenwell Fm
- Brenscombe Fm
- Burberry Lane
- Bushey
- Challow Fm, Challow Hill
- Coombe Bottom
- Fitzworth Copse, Fitzworth Fm, Fitzworth Heath, Fitzworth Point
- St Edward the Martyr's Church
- Westwood Fm
- Encombe, Encombe Fm
- Furzey Island
- Green Island, Green Island Lake
- Hollish
- Kingston
- Lynch Fm, Lynch Lodge, West Lynch
- New Mills, New Mills Heath
- Norden Fm
- Ower Fm, Ower
- Rempstone, Rempstone Hall
- Scoles Fm
- Felback
- St Edward's Bridge
- West Mills
Other OS name
- Chaffey's
- Five Acre Copse
- Lady Caroline's Clump
- Little Coppice
- Little Wd
- London Door Quarry
- Long Island
- Long Wd
- The Manse
- Meadus's Lane, Meadus's Plant.
- Midden
- Middle Plant.
- Milford Ctg(lost)
- Molly's Gdn
- Morton's Ho
- Mount Copse
- Nath Point
- Nelson Plant.
- New Rd
- Newton Bay
- Ower Bay, Ower Heath, Ower Lake
- Sharford Bridge
- Snag Fm
- South Deep
- Square Plant.
- Tabbit's Copse, Tabbit's Hill Fm, Tabbit's Hill Little Wd
- Thrasher's Ctg, Thrasher's Heath, Thrasher's Pit, Thrasher's Lane
- Tinker's Copse
- Town's End
- Verger's Md
- The Vineyard
- Warren
- West Hill
- Westhill Fm
- Westhill Wd
- Lower Westhill
- Willwood Ctgs, Willwood Limekiln, Willwood Plant., Lt Willwood Plant.
- Withy Bed
- Woolgarston Copse
- Wytch Fir Pound
- Wytch Heath, Wytch Moor
- Ailwood Copse
- Fish Pond
- Freshwater Steps
- Little Clump
- Nursery
- Scotland
- Wytch Passage
- Afflington Barn
- Ailwood Down
- Almshouses
- Ashey Copse
- Batrick's Plant.
- The Belt
- Big Wd
- Breaches Lane
- Brenscombe Heath, Brenscombe Hill, Little Brenscombe Wd, Brenscombe Wd
- Broadley Wd
- The Bungalow
- Burnbake, Burnbake Plant.
- Hr Bushey Fm, Lr Bushey Fm
- Bushey Lane, Bushey Wd
- Castle Inn
- Clay Washing Pits
- Cleavel Point
- Common Close Ctgs
- Corfe Common
- Countess Point
- Cow Leaze Copse
- Crabtree Copse
- Cross (remains)
- Cuckoo Pen
- East Hill
- Egmont Bight
- Egmont Point
- Eldon Seat
- Forest Lane
- (Old) Limekiln
- North Castle
- Ower Passage
- Parsonage Coppice
- Peppercorn Lane
- The Plantation
- Pound
- Quarry Wd
- Ramshorn Lake
- Randall's Plant.
- Rectory
- Rempstone Fm, Rempstone Heath, Rempstone Wd
- Rickett's Copse, Rickett's Fm
- The Rings
- Rollington Hill, Rollington Wd
- Round Clump
- Round Island
- Rowbarrow Lane(lost)
- St James's Church
- Saltings
- Sandy Hill Fm, Sandy Hill Lane, Sandyhills Copse
- Sargent's Plant.
- Sharford Ctg
- Afflington Wd
- Chettle Wd
- Flashet Plant.
- Game Copse
- Golden Bowl
- Green Pond
- Hr Grove, Lr Grove
- The Gwyle
- Halves Ctgs
- The Hermitage
- High Ledge
- Hill Bottom Plant.
- Hill Coppices
- Hounstout Cliff
- Jack Green's Copse
- Keeper's Copse
- The Kennels
- Kimmeridge Hill Copse
- Kingston Barn, Kingston Hill
- Kingswood Down
- Norden Common, Heath, Heath Plant., Heath Wd
- Scoles Gate Ctg, Scoles Lane Copse
- Shotover Moor