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Cock Crowing Corner

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Cockrowing Ho 1839 TA

Etymology

, Cockrowing Ho 1839TA , perhaps to be taken literally , but possibly the result of folk etymology , from cocc-rodu ' clearing wherewoodcock were netted ' , with loss of final - d and rationalization of -row to -crow as in Cockrow Copse 296 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement