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Hayward's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Verwood

Etymology

, cf. Horethornesacre alias Haywardesacre 1508Cecil , v. æcer ; Horethorn and Hayward are probably both surnames , cf. Isabel Attehorethorne 1284ib ( ' at the grey thorn-tree ' , v. atte , hār 2 , þorn ) , Cranborne and Alderholt f. ns . supra .