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Hr Woods Coppice, Lr Woods Coppice & Middle Woods Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Netherbury

Historical Forms

  • Hr Woods, Lr Woods & Middle Woods 1839 TA

Etymology

, Hr Woods , Lr Woods &Middle Woods 1839TA , cf. the wood (howse )1684DCMCt but probably a surname , cf. John atte Wode 1332 SR ( Beaminster ) and Wood ( ' )s Coppice & Wood( ' ) s Lane in Stoke A . par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement