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Survey of English Place-Names

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Heave Coppice, Heave Fm, Heave Rookery

Other OS name in the Parish of Piddlehinton

Historical Forms

  • Heath (sic) 1811 OS
  • Heare (sic) 1837 TA(Charminster)
  • Heave 1839 ib

Etymology

( Heath (sic)1811 OS ) , adjacent to fields called Heare (sic)1837TA (Charminster),Heave 1839ib (Frampton) , perhaps from ModE  dial. heave ' a heap,a hillock ' ( EDD ) .