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Pug Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Etymology

, 1839TA , ' goblin-haunted pit ' , v. pūca , pytt ; for this name , cf. Gl 4163 and the surname of William Poukepitte 1447DCMCt ( Osmington ) ; the el . pūca also occurs as the surname of John Puke 1280 Ch who held land in Bovington supra .