English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Winterborne Withy Bed

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Zelstone

Historical Forms

  • Withy bed 1839 TA

Etymology

, Withy bed 1839TA , cf. (ongen ) Wiþig þeuel 943 (15) ShaftR (S 490) , v. wīðig , þȳfel ' a thicket ' .