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Bracket's Lane, Inner Bracket's Coppice, Outer Bracket's Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Etymology

( alongside Bracket 's Coppice in Halstock par . supra ) , by the Halstock - Corscombe par . bdy , cf. a common close called Bracketts , Bracketts or Comon Close 1684ERO , Bracketts Lane 1761DROCt , Brackets Common , Brackets Inner Common & Brackets Outer Common 1838TA (Corscombe) , Gt Bracketts ,Lt & Lr Bracketts , Bracketts Plant .1842ib (Halstock) , from the surname Brackett ( Reaney - Wilson 59 ) .