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Barn ( s ) Cl Barn Pce

Field in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA

Etymology

Barn(s) Cl, †Barn Pce(v. bere-ærn, cf.'two burgages called bernys' 1492(on E side of South St.))