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Briary Holt

Other OS name in the Parish of Riseholme

Historical Forms

  • Briery Holt Plantation 1841 LindDep
  • Briery Holt 1839 Monson 1886 CC

Etymology

, Briery Holt Plantation 1841LindDep , Briery Holt 1839Monson , 1886CC ( v. holt ' a wood, a holt, a thicket ' ) .