Sussex Fairy Names

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There are many farms and closes in Sussex which owe their names to having been the reputed haunts of fairies, such as Pookryde, Pookbourne, Pookhole, Pookcroft. Pookhole is a name of a field in the Manor of Otteham, in Hailsham, and one of the local names in the Chronicle of Battle Abbey. Surrey Etymologies

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