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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wanderings Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingston-on-Thames

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. fossat . apud Wanderyng '1439Ct , the Wanderings 1842TA . This farm is in the extreme south - east corner of the parish . The name is perhaps to be linked with the rare use of wandering to describe an out - of - the - way , inaccessible place ( v. NED s. v . ) .