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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wood Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , ' house at a wood ' , cf. boscus de Oldcastil , wood of Oldcastil 13 ADet freq with spellings as for Oldcastle to 1333 AD , Oldecastellwode 1484Chol , v. wudu , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site