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Moncton Bushes

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Historical Forms

  • Monkton Bushes 1839 TA

Etymology

, Monkton Bushes 1839TA , cf. Munckton gate c. 1628Strode , ' farm belonging to the monks ' , v. munuc , tūn ; the reference is no doubt to the monks of Bindon Abbey supra .