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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bull Pit (Coppice)

Other OS name in the Parish of Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

Historical Forms

  • Bull Pit 1829 EnclA
  • Bullspit 1838 TA

Etymology

, Bull Pit 1829EnclA , Bullspit 1838TA , perhaps a pit for bull - baiting , v. RCHM 3131 .