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High Ditch Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Gunville

Historical Forms

  • Great ditch, Little ditch (two coppices) 1618 Map
  • Ditch Coppice, Higher Ditch (a coppice) 1839 TA

Etymology

, Great ditch , Little ditch (twocoppices)1618Map , Ditch Coppice , Higher Ditch (a coppice)1839TA , v. dīc , no doubt with reference to the circular earthwork marked 6 ″ .