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Survey of English Place-Names

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Canford Heath (Plants.)

Other OS name in the Parish of Canford Magna

Historical Forms

  • the hethe 1542 Ct
  • lez Hethe 1554 AddCh
  • the Lawndes and Heath of Canford Eliz ChancP
  • Canford Heath 1811 OS

Etymology

, the hethe 1542Ct , lez Hethe 1554AddCh , the Lawndes and Heath of Canford Eliz ChancP, Canford Heath 1811 OS , cf. the greate waste ofCanford 1612DCMDeed , v. hǣð , The Lawns infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement