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Trench Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mapledurham

Etymology

Trench Green. Cf. Trenchfilde 1375 Cooke. Trench is first recorded c. 1386 in the sense 'path through a wood, alley, hollow walk,' v. feld , and cf. Trench Lane and Wood, PN Wo 143.