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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wootton Wold

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

  • Wold Farm 1828 Bry

Etymology

is Wold Fm . 1824 O , Wold Farm 1828 Bry , cf. y e Wold 1702Yarb , y e Woold 1719Yarb , Wold 1760, 1810Yarb , c.1823Yarb , the wold of Wootton 1768Yarb , the Wold of Wootton 1774, 1826, 1836Yarb , self - explanatory , v. wald .