Coppices

Coppices of slender columns of thistled globes sprang up to meet the festooned joists.

The Metal Monster 2004

There is beyond this, ffine woods and a delicate Parke above the house – pailed in; yt is stored with deare both red and ffallow and affords 12 brace in a season, there are also fine Coppices.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

These Coppices there are many of them wch is a good shelter for ye Cattle.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Above the town is a very fine down Called Porchester down very pleasant for Sports Hawking and hunting; 6 mile over this down is Southwicke, Coll: Nortons a good old house Capable of being Made ffine, Large Garden room – Woods and Grounds Lying well about it and a good Warren, Coppices and ye Stately Gt Timber trees as may be seen.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Coppices which ran from a point near the church right across the parish, dividing the archdeacon’s land from the Ullathorne estate, and these coppices, or belts of woodland, belonged to the archdeacon.

The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004