Coneygar (sometimes as Conygar, its original spelling) is a suburb of
Bridport
Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...
in
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
, England.
The name ''Conygar'' comes from two medieval words ''coney'' meaning ''rabbit'' and ''garth'' meaning ''garden'', indicating that the area was once a warren where
rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...
s were bred for food. The name is also common throughout the Cotswolds and other rural areas.
Bridport
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