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Loosehanger Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Redlynch

Etymology

. Cf. Losehanger Park 1684 ParReg , Looshanger 1686Longford , Lushinger Park 1773 A and D . The second element is hangra , ' hillside ' ; the first is perhaps hlose , ' pigsty . '