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Pigs Moor Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Historical Forms

  • Pigs Moor Copse 1838 TA
  • Pyggismore 1531 ADV

Etymology

, Pigs Moor Copse 1838TA , (pasture in) Pyggismore 1531 AD V , v. mōr , first el . either pigge ' young pig ' or a surname , cf. Simon Pyg (')1327, 1332 SR ( Loders ) .