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Oak Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Etymology

, cf. Oak (Farm )1774 Hutch1, 1795 Boswell, 1863 Hutch3 , Oak Md & Oak 7 Acres 1838TA , to be associated with ' The three Sisters , certain oaks so called '1774 Hutch1 1262 ( for an analogous nickname for a group of trees , cf. Seven Sisters DLnPN 206 ) .