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Hangings Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • (First) Hangings Copse, First Hangings, Middle Hangings & Yonder Hangings 1843 TA

Etymology

, (First ) Hangings Copse , First Hangings , Middle Hangings & Yonder Hangings 1843TA , v. hanging ' steep slope ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement