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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stirt Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Leckhampstead

Historical Forms

  • boscum qui dicitur Stert 1199–1200 HunterFines
  • le Sterte 1348 Cl
  • Stirt Coppice 1841 TA

Etymology

, boscum qui dicitur Stert 1199–1200 Hunter Fines, le Sterte 1348 Cl, Stirt Coppice 1841TA , ' tail of land ' , v. steort ; there is no obvious tail - like feature here , so the reference may be to the shape of the wood .