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Survey of English Place-Names

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Palemead Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Middle Pale Md 1838 ib

Etymology

, Middle Pale Md 1838ib , v. pale ' a fence ' ; with reference to the former deer park of Gillingham , v. Park Fm in Gillingham par . supra .