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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cock's Britches

Other OS name in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Cocks Britches 1699 SBL3411
  • the two Cocks Britches 1700 SBL3414
  • Cockes Britches 1711 SBL3419

Etymology

( a small wood which is Cox Birch Pltn on TAMap ) , Cocks Britches 1699SBL 3411 , the two Cocks Britches 1700SBL 3414 ,Cockes Britches 1711SBL 3419 , ' newly-broken-in land ' , v. bryce .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement