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Tun Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Tun (Copse) 1842 TA

Etymology

, Tun (Copse )1842TA , perhaps from tunne ' cask, tun ' with reference to one provided at the spring marked here ( 6″ ) , cf. fontem qui appellat ' Tunne in Weymouth par . 1 259 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement