Bixmoor Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipsden
Historical Forms
- (wood called) Bixenore 1337 Ipm
Etymology
Bixmoor Wood (6″) is (wood called ) Bixenore 1337 Ipm. Ekwall (DEPN) assumes an adjective *byxen from *byxe , 'box-tree,' as the first element of Bexington Do, and this would be an appropriate first element here. Second element ōra , 'slope.'
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Ipsden Heath
- Bellmans Covert
- Dogmore End
- Kit Lane and Kit Green
- Newland Lane
- Threelandboard Wood
- Black Horse Public House
- Brown's Wood
- Busgrove Lane
- Coblers Hill
- Drunken Bottom
- Morgan's Wood
- Newton
- Nut Hatch
- Warren Wood
- Warren Hill
- Wee Grove
- Yewtree Brow
- Leyend Pond
- Garsons Fm
- Poors Shaw and Fm
- Scot's Common
- Scot's Grove
- Scot's Fm