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Clayhanger

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

, ' clayey wooded slope ' from clǣg and hangra , but perhaps transferred from one of the several places so called in England , cf. pastur ' de Cleydiche 1404Ilch ( in this par . , v. dīc ) and the identical Clinger in Buckland Newton par . 3 242 ; it is perhaps worth noting that Foul MoorLane infra just ½ mile N from here was clæian lane in the Anglo - Saxon bounds of Portisham par . infra .