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St Leonard's Chapel

Other OS name in the Parish of Blandford Forum

Etymology

, ' a ruinedecclesiastical building, now used as a barn ' ( 1861 Hutch3 1241 ) , cf . 'the hospital of St Leonard juxta Blandford '1420 ib 1283 which must be the ' house of lepers ' stated by Hutch 1 1 98 to be mentioned in a deed of 1282 , v. St Leonards Fm in Langton Long B . par . infra , cf. VCHDo 2100 .

Places in the same Parish