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Bishop's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Shapwick

Historical Forms

  • Bishop's Fm Ho 1848 TA

Etymology

, Bishop 's Fm Ho 1848TA , cf. Bishops Down 1811 OS,1848TA , Bishops Md (w )1848ib , v. biscop ; in 1416 , the main manor of Shapwick was granted to the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishops of Winchester and Durham , etc , afterwards reverting to the Crown (Hutch3 3160) .