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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wheat Cl

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • The Wheat Close 1640 Seymer
  • Wheat Close Mead 1640 Seymer
  • White Close c.1750 Seymer

Etymology

Wheat Cl(The Wheat Close, Wheat Close Mead 1640, White Close c. 1750, v. hwǣte)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement