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Scite Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Great Scite (Copse) 1842 ib

Etymology

, Great Scite (Copse )1842ib , on R . Brit downstream from Shatcombe Fm supra and below White Sheet Hill infra ; Scite is no doubt a form of the el . found in these names , perhaps influenced by ModE  scite ' ordinance, decree ' ( 1656 NED ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement