Connigers CopseConnigers Copse, Brockenhurst |
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Coates 1989 |
Connigers Copse |
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Coates 1989 CONNIGERS COPSE in Brockenhurst One of the numerous Hampshire instances of Middle English 'coni(n)gre'='rabbit warren'. Rabbits were introduced in the late 12th century, and warrens multiplied rapidly from about 1240-1260, largely on marginal land, waste or forest. |