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Bully Plant. & Bully Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Houghton

Historical Forms

  • Bull(e)y Fd & Bull(e)y Wd 1838 TA

Etymology

, Bull (e )y Fd & Bull (e )y Wd 1838TA , probably ' bull enclosure ' , from bula and (ge)hæg .