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Hurst Barn and Hurst Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Cumnor

Historical Forms

  • (iannam vocat') Le Hurste 1626–7 CourtR
  • Cumner Hurst 1787 Bodl

Etymology

, (iannam vocat ') Le Hurste 1626–7CourtR , Cumner Hurst 1787Bodl , ' wooded hill ' , v. hyrst ; cf. also The Scholar Gipsy ( c. 1853 ) ' Shepherds had met him on the Hurst in Spring ' and Thyrsis ( c. 1865 ) ' And this rude Cumnor ground , Its fir - topped Hurst … ' .