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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hut

Other OS name in the Parish of Rampisham

Historical Forms

  • tenement called Rampisham Hut on the south-west side of the turnpike from Crewkerne to Maiden Newton 1794 Hutch3
  • The Hutt Allotment 1839 TA

Etymology

( lost , ST 536024 ) , tenement called Rampisham Hut on the south-west side of the turnpike from Crewkerne to Maiden Newton 1794 Hutch3, The Hutt Allotment 1839TA , v. hut ; the building referred to stood at a crossroads on the main road ( now the A356 ) .