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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hr Long Hay Coppice & Lr Long Hay Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • (Gt) Hea, Hea Coppice & Hea Mead(ows) 1840 TA(Wytherstone)
  • Boscus de Heywode abbatis de Cerne 1300 Hutch3

Etymology

, (Gt ) Hea , Hea Coppice & Hea Mead (ows )1840TA (Wytherstone), from (ge)hæg 'enclosure', and perhaps to be associatedwith Boscus de Heywode abbatis de Cerne 1300 Hutch3 2317 named in connection with Powerstock forest , v. Powerstock Common supra .