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Charlton (Parish in Wiltshire)
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Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)
Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in
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Owlscastle (Early-attested site, Horsham, Sussex)
Owlscastle may have been one of the hiding places of the owlers who engaged in Surrey and Kent in the trade of smuggling wool or sheep out of England (v. SAC 24, 141 and
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Castle Copse (Other OS name, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire)
is so named in 1697 (Wilton ) . There are some entrenchments here ( H . C . B . )
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Furze Coppice (Other OS name, North Savernake, Wiltshire)
Fuzzey Coppice Hill
. Cf. Fuzzey Coppice Hill ib. It represents the medieval assart of Isbury supra 300 ( H . C . B . )
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King's Corner (Other OS name, Pewsey, Wiltshire)
( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1820 (G) . It marks the turn of the Forest boundary ( H . C . B . )
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Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)
( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe
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The Vennel (Other OS name, Wilton, Wiltshire)
( local ) is the old name for the road to Netherhampton across Wilton Park . It is the word vennel ( OFr venelle ) in common use in Northern England for
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Whiteshard Bottom (Other OS name, Mildenhall, Wiltshire)
White shurde 1591 WM vi
. Cf. White shurde 1591 WM vi . v. sceard , ' gap , ' and infra 445 . There is a long dyke which crosses this bottom in chalky ground ( H . C . B
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Wilbury Ho (Other OS name, Newton Tony, Wiltshire)
Wilbury Hill 1773 A and D
. Cf. Wilbury Hill 1773 A and D . There are traces of a camp to the west of the house ( H . C . B . )
