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Figsbury Ring

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterbourne Dauntsey

Historical Forms

  • Frippesbury 1695 M
  • Fripsbury 1721 WMxi
  • Clorus's Camp or Figbury Ring 1773 AandD

Etymology

is Frippesbury 1695 M, Fripsbury 1721 WM xi,Clorus 's Camp or Figbury Ring 1773 A and D , v. burh . There is a ' camp ' here .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name