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Horse Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry

Historical Forms

  • le hurst grene iuxta Merbury 1496 Chol
  • (the) Hurst Green(e) 1598,1713 ib
  • the Hurste greave 1581 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1778Chol , le hurst grene iuxta Merbury 1496Chol , (the ) Hurst Green (e )1598, 1713ib , the Hurste greave 1581 Sheaf , ' green at a wooded hill ' , v. hyrst , grēne 2 .