PLACE. 1. Like the Fr. place, a square or open space in a town. 2. More probably from a ' place,' or mansion. What is called in other shires a hall, or a court, is frequently known in the south-eastern counties as a 'place,' e.g. : Brasted Place, co. Kent, Wakehurst Place, co. Sussex, Crowhurst Place, CO. Surrey. PLACKETT. Apparently a diminutive of the Fr. 7??«(!<?, which Cotgrave defines

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