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Minterne Seat Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Minterne Magna

Historical Forms

  • campus voc' le Seate 1561 Winch
  • haias …voc' Myntern' Seate 1563 ib
  • Mintern Seat Cmn, Mintern Seat Hanging & Mintern Seat Lane 1843 TA

Etymology

, campus voc ' le Seate 1561Winch , haiasvoc ' Myntern ' Seate 1563 ib, Mintern Seat Cmn , Mintern Seat Hanging & Mintern Seat Lane 1843TA , probably to be associated with leaze called Seate 1607, the ground called Seate 1668Batten ( in Up Cerne 3 324 ) , probably from seat in the sense ' lofty place ' ; the coppice lies on high ground along the 800 ′ contour near High Stoy supra .