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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Moulsham Thrift Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Chelmsford

Historical Forms

  • Molesham Frith 1291 For

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Molesham Frith 1291For . v. fyrhþ(e) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement