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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mackey's Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Holnest

Historical Forms

  • claus' voc' Marchayes 1541 Shepherd2
  • Machays Coppice, Machays Copse 1845 TA

Etymology

, claus ' voc ' Marchayes 1541Shepherd 2, Machays Coppice ,Machays Copse 1845TA , probably ' boundary enclosure ' from mearc and (ge)hæg ; it is on the par . boundary .