English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Clay Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Etymology

, cf. terr ' voc ' Cley , claus ' voc ' Cley 1627DCMCt ,1629DCMCt , Clay (e ) (meadowes )1633, 1651DCMCt , Clay Pit Coppice 1842TA , v. clǣg and Clay Lane in st . ns . supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement