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the Long Cl or Coxhill Cl

Field in the Parish of Brigsley

Historical Forms

  • 1831 Haigh
  • Long close 1719 Haigh 1740 Haigh
  • the Long Close 1742 Haigh

Etymology

the Long Cl or Coxhill Cl(sic) 1831(Long close 1719, 1740, the Long Close 1742, v. lang;the alternative name is from the Goxhill family, cf. Joseph Goxhill 1840; v.also Micklemow infra)