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cony-garth
cony-garth Forms: 5 connynge erthe, conyngherth, conyngerthe, Sc. cunnyngarth, 6 cony earth, 6–9 coney (conie, etc.) -garth. [A corruption of ME. conyng-erthe, conig-erthe ‘cony earth’, in which the final g has been transferred to the second element, which has thus come to be identified with garth ‘... Oxford English Dictionary
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Warren (burrow)
Such an enclosure or close was called a cony-garth, or sometimes conegar, coneygree or "bury" (from "burrow"). Pillow mounds The most characteristic structure of the "cony-garth" ("rabbit-yard") is the pillow mound. wikipedia.org
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cony earth
cony earth early form of cony-garth, q.v. Oxford English Dictionary
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Conegar Hill
The name "Conegar" derives from the early Medieval English term "cony-garth" literally meaning rabbit yard. wikipedia.org
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conygrate
† conygrate corruption of cony-garth. Obs.c 1580 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) 147 note, To Leonarde Trollope..the cony grate there, paying yerely therefore to my heires xxx couple of conyes. Oxford English Dictionary
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Cunicularium
Such a close was called a "cony-garth". A rabbit escaped from the cony-garth was the property of the freeholder. wikipedia.org
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cony
▪ I. cony, coney, n. (ˈkəʊnɪ, ˈkʌnɪ) Pl. conies (coneys). Forms: α. 2 cunin, 3 konyng, 4–5 conyng(e, 5 conninge, -ynge, konyne, 5–6 cunning, cunyng, -ing; β. 2 cunig, 4 conig, 5 connyg; γ. 6–7 conie, conye, connie, -ye, conny, conney, cunnie, cunney, 6–8 cunny, 4– cony, 6– coney. [The current form r... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cromwell's Act of Grace
Also, almost as a post script to the paragraph, a twenty-fifth man, James, 1st Lord Mordington, had his estates of "Maudlain Field, Sunck, Cony-garth, wikipedia.org
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European rabbit
"Cony-garth" derives from the Middle English conygerthe, which may be a compound of connynge+erthe (cony+earth). wikipedia.org
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