Bratley WoodBratley Wood, Minstead |
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wood |
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Minstead Hampshire SU2208 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXI.2 |
Bratley Wood otherwise: Brottele, 1365; Bratteley, 1490 |
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Coates 1989 BRATLEY INCLOSURE, PLAIN and WOOD Old English/Middle English 'brittle clearing/wood'. The Middle English word 'brotel' is used of a tree (about 1325) and (figuratively) of ground (about 1395). See also INCLOSURE. |