Vale Acre Copse & Vale Acre Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderholt
Historical Forms
- Vellak(e) 1314 Ipm 1318 Cecil
- bosc' apud Vellak(e) 1369 MinAcct
- Vellak(e)brech' 1382 Cecil
- Fenlak 1324 MinAcct
- Wellake(brech') 1382 Cecil
- bosc' domini voc' Fellake 1404 ib
- Bosc' de Velacre 1508 ib
- Vellker e17 CecilMap
- Fell Acre Row 1846 TA
Etymology
Vale Acre Copse & Vale Acre Fm (SU 087117), Vellak (e )1314 Ipm, 1318Cecil , 1325, bosc ' apud Vellak (e )1369MinAcct , Vellak (e )brech '1382Cecil , Fenlak 1324MinAcct , Wellake (brech ')1382Cecil , bosc ' domini voc ' Fellake 1404ib , Bosc ' de Velacre 1508ib , Vellker e17CecilMap , Fell Acre Row 1846TA , probably 'fen stream', from fenn and lacu , as indicated by the 1324 form, with early assimilation of -nl - to -ll - and voicing of the initial consonant in the first el., and more recent reshaping of the name due to popular etymology; v. brǣc , rāw . The name refers to a small tributary of R. Crane.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Park Bottom Rd
- Park Chapel
- Parrick's Copse
- Pond Cl, Old Pottery Kiln
- Pug's Plant.
- The Rookery
- St James's Church
- Sammel's Copse & Sammel's Leg
- Sleep Bottom & Sleep Brook
- Stanford Point
- Strouds Firs
- Telegraph Plant.
- Lt Thanes Copse
- Warren Fm
- Whitefield Bottom
- Withy Bed
- Wolvercroft
- Alder Copse
- Alderholt Bridge
- Alderholt Cmn
- Alderholt Gravel Pit
- Alderholt Heath(lost)
- Alderholt Mill (Fm)
- Alderholt Park
- Andrew's Copse
- Bailey's Plant.
- Bartleys Row & Bartleys Wd
- Batterley Drove
- Birch Hill
- Blackwater
- Bonfire Hill
- Boxbury Row
- Broxhill
- Bullhill Copse & Bullhill Fm, Higher Bulhill
- Camelgreen
- Charing Cross
- Cheater's Lane
- Chubbs Copse
- Cow Bridge
- Cranborne Cmn
- Cripplestyle (Plant.)
- Cross Roads Fm & Cross Roads Plant.
- Curtis
- Daggons Rd
- Further Daggons Wd & Hither Daggons Wd
- Drove End
- Feltham's Copse
- Fox Hill
- Garett's Copse
- Gold Oak
- Hart's Copse & Hart's Fm
- Hawkhill Ditch & Hawkhill Mill
- High Wd
- Hillberry
- Hill Copse, Hill Ctg, & Hill Fm
- Home Fm
- Joshua's Copse
- King Barrow
- Little Cmn
- Londonderry
- Minnows Hole
- North Lodge