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Sherborne Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • the causey that ledithe to Scheftesbyry 1535–43 Leland
  • Sherbourne causeway 1568 Hutch3
  • the Cawsey leadinge to Sherborne Common 1609 LRMB
  • Sherburne Cawsey 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

, 1811 OS , the causey that ledithe to Scheftesbyry 1535–43 Leland, Sherbourne causeway 1568 Hutch3, the Cawsey leadinge to Sherborne Common 1609LRMB , Sherburne Cawsey 1650ParlSurv , v. cauce ' raisedway across marshy ground ' , Shaftesbury par . and Sherborne par . both infra .