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Popes Leaze Aldermore

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • Popes leaz ouer the Hill 1640 Seymer
  • Popes Leaze (Aldermoor) 1839 TA

Etymology

, Popes leaz ouer the Hill 1640Seymer , Popes Leaze (Aldermoor )1839TA , cf. Popes Copice ouer the Hill 1640Seymer , Mathew Pope , Thomas Pope 1494Seymer , Will ' Popetenement '1559Seymer , v. lǣs ' pasture ' , AldermoreCopse supra .