Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
Survey of English place-names
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Furzy Drong
Furzy Drong
Other OS name in the Parish of Hermitage
Etymology
, cf.
Gt
Furze
Grd
,
Long
Furzey
Plot
1840
TA
, v.
drong
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Cox's Cross
Rhymehorn
Rocombe
Other OS name
Admiral Digby's Plant.
Almshouse Fm
Bartlett's Corner
Brockham Lane
Church Fm
Clay St
Frog's Folly Plant.
Gunville (Lane)
Hartley St
Hermitage Green, Hermitage Lane & Hermitage Nursery
Lady's Well
Manor Fm
Prince's Wood
St Mary's Church
Stonerush Drove
Williford (Lane)
Major Settlement
Hermitage