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Survey of English Place-Names

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Conegar Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Cunnigar Hill 1839 TA
  • le Conyng(g)er(e) 1496 CarP, Pole
  • Coneygore 1811 OS

Etymology

, Cunnigar Hill 1839TA , named from le Conyng (g )er (e )1496 CarP,Pole , Conygarr 1623 (1676), Conyger 1667 (1676)ib , Coneygore 1811OS , cf. Conynger (e ) Yeate 1484 CarP, 1485Pole , The Conigers c.1780ib , Lt Cunnigar , Cunnigar 5 Acres & Cunnigar Plot 1839TA , v. coninger ' rabbit-warren ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement