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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tufthorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Coleford

Historical Forms

  • Tuffthorne 1579 BGvii,240

Etymology

, 1840TA , Tuffthorne 1579 BG vii, 240 , e.ModE  tuft ' clump of trees ' ( cf. Haytuft 258infra ) , v. horn ' nook, bend ' .