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Survey of English Place-Names

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Foxbury Lower Hedge, Foxbury Great Lower Hedge

Other OS name in the Parish of Sixpenny Handley

Historical Forms

  • Lawridge 1618 Map
  • Great Lower Ridge 1841 TA
  • Ruggecopyce 1548 Ct

Etymology

( 1841TA ) ( Lawridge 1618Map , Great Lower Ridge 1841TA ), adjacent coppices on the par. andcounty bdy to be identified with Ruggecopyce 1548Ct , v. hricg ' ridge ' , copis ; Law - ( if a genuine form later rationalized to Lower ) may represent OE  hlāw ' mound,tumulus ' or ME  lawe ' law ' ( perhaps denoting the limit of some jurisdiction ) ; Foxbury is ' fox's earth ' , v. fox , burg .