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Fair Fd

Other OS name in the Parish of Blandford Forum

Etymology

, cf . 'cultura called La Fayre '1284Cl , Fairlond 1423 Hutch3 , v. feire , land ; Hutch 3 1 216 notes that ' A fair was granted here 35 Ed I [ 1307 ] ' and that ' Here arenow three fairs ' ; in fact there is mention of a fair at Blandford in 1279 Pat .

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