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Boyne's Lane Pleck

Other OS name in the Parish of Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

Historical Forms

  • Boys Lane 1829 EnclA
  • Bays Lane Pleck, Bays Lane Down 1838 TA
  • lands…called Boyes 1573 Hutch3

Etymology

, Boys Lane 1829EnclA , Bays Lane Pleck , Bays Lane Down 1838TA , probably to beassociated with landscalled Boyes 1573 Hutch3 1299 , from the ME  surname Boye , v. plek ' small plot of ground ' , cf. Boyne's Coppice 2115 .