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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wychdell Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Knebworth

Historical Forms

  • Wycchedelle c.1390 AddCh

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wycchedelle c.1390AddCh . Possibly ' wych-elm dell . ' “ Wych - elms still occur in some of the disused chalk dells in the county ” ( E. J. S. ) .