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Stanchard Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Historical Forms

  • stadium voc' le Stanchard 1539 AOMB 1544 LP
  • le Stans(s)hard 1540 MinAcct 1544 LP

Etymology

, stadium voc ' le Stanchard 1539AOMB , 1544 LP,le Stans (s )hard 1540MinAcct , 1544 LP ; this is a pool in the Old Avon at a lower level than the Mill Avon which overflows into it by a weir ; the name therefore is probably ' stone gap ' , v. stān , sceard .