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Queen's Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of More Crichel

Historical Forms

  • Queen's Copse 1547 Hutch3
  • Quenes Copice 1611 Cecil

Etymology

, 1842TA (Gussage St M.) , Queen 's Copse 1547 Hutch3,Quenes Copice 1611Cecil ; this wood was until 1886 a detached part of Gussage St M . par . infra , which manor was granted to several Queens of England between 1491 and 1544 (Hutch3 3134) , cf. Queen 's Copse in Holt par . infra .