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4 Acres or First Grd

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA 1766 SRO
  • First Md 1740 SRO

Etymology

‡4 Acres or First Grd(1766, First Md 1740)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement