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Bugden's Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Verwood

Historical Forms

  • Bugden(s) Copse, Bugdens Drove Plot 1846 TA
  • Bucke mead…alias Ferwood 1614 Cecil

Etymology

, Bugden (s ) Copse , Bugdens Drove Plot 1846TA , perhaps to be associated with Bucke meadalias Ferwood 1614Cecil , from bucc and mǣd , v. par . name supra , but cf. Bugden in Six . Handley par . infra .