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Survey of English Place-Names

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Horse Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Gussage All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Hurst Pit late Barns 1841 TA

Etymology

, Hurst Pit late Barns 1841TA , v. hyrst ' copse,wooded hill ' ; for the surname Barn (es ) , v. f. ns . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement