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Purley Wd(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Gunville

Historical Forms

  • John Swaines purliew within his Manor of Gunvill 1563 Hutch3(3452)

Etymology

( lost ) , 1811 OS , John Swaines purliew within his Manor of Gunvill 1563 Hutch3 (3452) , v. purlewe ' outskirts of a forest ' ; it was N of Harbin'sPark supra and adjoined Cranborne Chase .