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Higher Bockhampton

Higher Bockhampton proper noun: a hamlet in Stinsford parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7292).

higher bockhampton: a hamlet in Stinsford parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7292)
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Proper noun

Higher Bockhampton

  1. A hamlet in Stinsford parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7292).
    • [Thomas] Hardy, who died in 1928 and whose ashes are in Westminster Abbey, was born in nearby Higher Bockhampton in 1840, and his detached home is at the end of a row of cottages in a leafy lane not far from Yellowham Wood.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 364, about Stinsford

Questions about Higher Bockhampton

What does Higher Bockhampton mean?
Higher Bockhampton means a hamlet in Stinsford parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY7292).
What part of speech is Higher Bockhampton?
Higher Bockhampton is a proper noun.

Words near Higher Bockhampton in the dictionary

  1. higher
  2. higher and mightier
  3. higher arithmetic
  4. higher being
  5. higher beings
  6. Higher Bockhampton
  7. Higher Buxton
  8. higher consciousness
  9. higher consciousnesses
  10. higher criticism
  11. higher education

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