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Fishy Mead Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Fishey Md (Coppice) 1838 TA

Etymology

, Fishey Md (Coppice )1838TA ; a small stream runs nearby , so perhaps ' enclosure where fish are caught ' , from fisc and (ge)hæg .