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Muston Gorse

Other OS name in the Parish of Bottesford

Etymology

, 1795,1806, 1815 Map , 1824 O , 1877 White , cf. the Gorste cloasse 1601Terrier , the gorse close 1605ib , the gosse close 1625ib , the Gorze close 1629 (1712), 1709ib , (the ) Goss close c.1700, c.1705ib , (The ) Gorse Close 18, 1825ib , 1850TA , v. gorst , clos(e) .