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Survey of English Place-Names

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the Jene wren garth

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • the Jene wren garth 1579 Terrier 1839 TA

Etymology

the Jene wren garth 1579(v. jenny wren NED s.v. 1'a popular, and esp. nursery, name for thewren', first recorded there in 1648. It was presumably a fanciful name for avery small field, v. garðr)