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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grighay Coppice & Grighay Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Grighay Copse 1841 TA
  • Grighay Down, Grighay Down Furze & Grighay Down Plant. 1841 ib

Etymology

( Grighay Copse 1841TA ) , Grighay Down , Grighay Down Furze & Grighay Down Plant .1841ib , named from Grighay Fm supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement