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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bugbarrow(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Historical Forms

  • a feilde called Buckbarowe JasI TRMB 1617 Add

Etymology

( lost ) , 1719, 1863 Hutch3 , a feilde called Buckbarowe Jas ITRMB ,1617Add , v. beorg , perhaps with bugge ' hobgoblin ' ; in 1774 Hutch1143 it is described as a hamlet which ' adjoins to the N of Bere ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement