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Oxmoor Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • the Oxmoor c.1536 Orm2
  • Generals Wood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , the Oxmoor c.1536 Orm2, Generals Wood 1831 Bry , ' moor or marsh where oxenare pastured ' , v. oxa , mōr 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site