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Curfew Plot

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • the Curfeu Plot 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

, the Curfeu Plot 1863 Hutch3 2149–50 ( this ' belongs to the clerk of the parish for the time being for ringing the curfew bell ' ib ) , v. curfew ; the plot is in the centre of the village near St Mary's Churchinfra .