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Honeypits Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Newton

Historical Forms

  • Honey Pitts 1838 TA

Etymology

, Honey Pitts 1838TA , v. hunig , with reference to sticky soil or to a place where honey was found .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement