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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wych Cottage & Wych Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Vetch House & Vetch Woods 1831 ib
  • Wych 1842 OS
  • Wych Wood 1848 TA

Etymology

, Vetch House & Vetch Woods 1831 ib, Wych 1842 OS,Wych Wood 1848TA , probably from wice ' a wych-elm or -hazel ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site