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From: (Amy Moseley Rupp)
Subject: Re: [DBY] Re: DERBYSGEN-D Digest V03 #204
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 04:12:19 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <142.e01ae7c.2bb6c70c@aol.com> from "Doronic@aol.com" at "Mar 29,2003 04:53:16 am"


> I should imagine it is "close" as in (originally) "an enclosed area of land";
> the enclosure acts are full of field names with titles such as Barker's
> Close, Hailstone Close etc.

How were they enclosed? Literally, as in fenced? You mentioned them being
named after close by ;-) geographical features, but were they at least
partially enclosed by said geographical feature (eg river, rock bank, etc.)?

Just curious!

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