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Hodge Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Gt Hodge Ditch & Lt Hodge Ditch 1841 TA

Etymology

, Gt Hodge Ditch & Lt Hodge Ditch 1841TA , perhaps ' hog's ditch ' from hogg , or from a surname Hogge , probably with reference to the small stream flowing into R . Axe near here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement