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Wood Fold Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Historical Forms

  • (2 closes called) Woolfhole(s), Woolfehold (mead) 1684 ERO
  • Woodfold, Inside Woodfole & Outside Woodfole, Barnets Woodfole, Inside Braggets Woodfole, Woodfole (inside) Common 1838 TA

Etymology

, named from (2 closes called )Woolfhole (s ), Woolfehold (mead )1684ERO , Woodfold , Inside Woodfole &Outside Woodfole , Barnets Woodfole , Inside Braggets Woodfole ,Woodfole (inside ) Common 1838TA , probably ' wolf hole or hollow ' , from wulf and hol 1 , cf. Winfold C 186 which has the same origin with a similar development to -fold ; for Barnets Woodfole , and Braggets Woodfole , v. the f.n. Barnets Moor Coppice infra and Bracket's Lane supra .