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Survey of English Place-Names

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Court Pound

Other OS name in the Parish of Langton Matravers

Historical Forms

  • Court Pound (Plot) 1838 TA

Etymology

, Court Pound (Plot )1838TA , cf. curia et clausa curiæ 1351 Hutch3 , v. court , pund ; for a probable early reference to the pound , that of the manorial court of Langton Wallis (R.J.S.) , v. La Thorne infra .