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Cottesmore Gorse

Other OS name in the Parish of Cottesmore

Historical Forms

  • Jacksons Gorse c1800,1806 Map
  • Laxton's Gorse 1824 O

Etymology

is Jacksons Gorse c1800, 1806 Map,Laxton 's Gorse 1824 O , cf. Jacksons Close and Laxton 's Cl in neighbouring Burley f. ns . ( b ) and ( a ) , v. gorst .