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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hug Ditch, Hug Ditch Ct

Other OS name in the Parish of East Shefford

Etymology

, no early references have been found to either the linear earthwork or the house , but the name may be identical with Hugditchin Froxfield, W 346 , which is Hokeddych ' hooked ditch ' in 1385 . The W name occurs about 7 miles S.W . of the Berks earthwork .

Places in the same Parish