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Survey of English Place-Names

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Horseheath Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Horseheath

Historical Forms

  • the Parke of Horset 1515 Colexxii
  • Horseth Parkes 1553 ib

Etymology

is the Parke of Horset 1515Cole xxii, Horseth Parkes 1553 ib. xli . William Alington had licence to make a park in Horseheath in 1448 (ib. xxxiii) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement