Talehangers Close, DA6

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Local historians say the patch of land named Talehangers was first recorded as early as 1608. It is believed to come from the Norman French word referring to cut fire-wood, bois de tail. The addition of hangers from the Old English word hengra, meaning a grassy plot by the side of the road.

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