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Moggs Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of Twyning

Historical Forms

  • Moggditches 1678 GR892
  • Mog Ditch 1840 TA
  • Mogge 13 GlChix,1

Etymology

, Moggditches 1678GR 892, Mog Ditch 1840TA , cf. also mess ' voc ' Mogges 1540MinAcct , from the Gl surname Mogg ( as in Richard Mogge 13GlCh ix, 1 ) , v. dīc .