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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woodbury Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Etymology

, cf. pasture grounds called Wood beries 1659SxAS , Lt Plant . in Woodburys , Bottom Woodburys , Gt Woodburys & Lt Woodburys ,Hr Woodburys & Lr Woodburys , Woodburys Md 1839TA , possibly ' wood hill ' from wudu and beorg , but perhaps a surname .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement