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Docking Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawston

Historical Forms

  • Docking 1843 TA

Etymology

, Docking 1843TA ( from docce ' the dock plant ' , which has a northern dial . form docken ; according to Field “ a troublesome weed ” ) .