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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barewood Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Bere Wood Coppice 1841 ib

Etymology

, Bere Wood Coppice 1841ib , cf. William atte Bere 1327SR , from bearu ' wood ' or bǣr 2 ' woodland pasture ' , v. atte .

Places in the same Parish