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Boddel's Bridge, Boddel's Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Holnest

Historical Forms

  • claus' voc' Bud(d)elles 1552,1558 Shepherd2
  • buddlebridge 1569–74 Map
  • Buttle [Bridge] 1791 Boswell
  • Boddel(l)s, (Upr) Boddells Grd 1845 TA
  • Buddelane 15 Digby

Etymology

, claus ' voc ' Bud (d )elles 1552, 1558Shepherd 2, buddlebridge 1569–74Map , Buttle [Bridge]1791Boswell, Boddel (l )s , (Upr ) Boddells Grd 1845TA , from thesurname Buddell ; Buddelane 15Digby may also belong here .