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Survey of English Place-Names

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Purveyor's Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Burley

Historical Forms

  • Purveyor's Cover 1824 O

Etymology

, Purveyor 's Cover 1824 O , cf. Purvers Close c1685Deed ,e18Rental , Purveyors Close 1729Surv , 18Map , Bottom Purveyors , Top Purveyors 1943ib ; a purveyor was a steward , manager or domestic officer who arranged supplies for a great personage , v. cover(t) .