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Survey of English Place-Names

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Easterly Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Gillingham

Historical Forms

  • close called Easterleas 1609 LRMB
  • Easter Leaze 1839 TA

Etymology

, close called Easterleas 1609LRMB , Easter Leaze 1839TA , v. ēasterra ' more easterly ' , lǣs ' pasture ' , the current form -ly probably arising from a misunderstanding of -leaze as a pl . or possessive form of -lea ; it is near the E par . bdy .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement