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Whyr Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Hillfield

Historical Forms

  • Whyr (Bottom), Whip (sic) 1843 TA

Etymology

, Whyr (Bottom ), Whip (sic)1843TA ( adjacent fields ) , possibly wīr ' (bog) myrtle ' .