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Survey of English Place-Names

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Laythick Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartwell

Historical Forms

  • Lay Thick Coppice 1790 WoodsRept
  • Leye t.Ed3 For

Etymology

Laythick Copse (6″) is Lay Thick Coppice 1790 Woods Rept.For thick v. Blackmore Thick infra 206. Possibly the first syllable is to be associated with Leye t. Ed 3For and the field-name Ley Stocking , found in the parish in 1672 (LRMB ), v. leah , stocking .

Places in the same Parish