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Hacket Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • the Hackett 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1830 M , the Hackett 1839TA , possibly a ME hacket , a derivative of ME  hakken ' to hack ' and denoting something like a piece of cleared ground ( cf. - et in EPN i , 160 – 1 ) .