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Hr Park Fm & Lr Park Fm, Old Park Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Park 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS
  • le Parke 1519 Pole, CarP
  • the greate, little Parc 1663 Pole 1676

Etymology

( Park 1774 Hutch1,1811 OS ) , named from le Parke 1519Pole , CarP,the greate , little Parc 1663 (1676) Pole , cf. Park , Gt Park Mead & Lt Park Mead 1839TA , and Horn Park supra which is 1 ½ miles SE , v. park ; there is mention of a ' park ' at Broadwindsor in 1324 Ipm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement