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Lydebank Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of East Hendred

Historical Forms

  • Leden als Lydon Banke 1628 SpecCom
  • Lyde Bank, Lyde Field and Lyde Piece 1840 TA

Etymology

, Leden als Lydon Banke 1628SpecCom , Lyde Bank , Lyde Field and Lyde Piece 1840TA . The small stream which flows through the plantation may have been called Hȳlde cf. Lydbrook 478 .