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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crabtree Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashmore

Historical Forms

  • Crabtree otherwise called Paltable Coppice 1590 LRMB
  • Crabtree, Patable (two adjacent coppices) 1618 Map

Etymology

, Crabtree otherwise called Paltable Coppice 1590LRMB , Crabtree , Patable (twoadjacent coppices)1618Map , v. crabbetre ; Pa ( l ) table is obscure , unless it is for eModE  palatable ' agreeable to the palate,pleasant to the taste ' ( with reference to the crab - apples ? ) ( NED from 1669 ) .