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Sir Francis Burdett's Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton and Dalby

Etymology

, v. cover(t) ; named after the Radical reformer Sir Francis Burdett ( 1770 – 1844 ) some time before 1843 when it is mentioned in C.J . Apperley , Nimrod 's Hunting Reminiscences , 40 .