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Meerbrook Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • (le) Mer(e)broc, Mer(e)broke 1282 For
  • Meere Brook 1655 Comm

Etymology

, (le ) Mer (e )broc , Mer (e )broke 1282For , Meere Brook 1655Comm , ' boundary stream ' ( here a bailiwick boundary in the Forest ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement