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Hatchetclose Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Hr Hatchet Cl & Lr Hatchet Cl, Hatchet Copse 1843 TA(WhitchurchC.)

Etymology

, Hr Hatchet Cl & Lr Hatchet Cl , Hatchet Copse 1843TA (Whitchurch C.) , v. hæc-geat ' a hatch-gate ' , probably one giving access to woodland .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement