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Wishmoor Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Windlesham with Bagshot

Historical Forms

  • Wisemoare Crosse 1607 Norden

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Wesschmordene t. Ed 3For , Wysshmoresden 1327 Pat , Wysshemorestone 1446 Chertsey ( “ a bounde betwene Barshir and Surr ” ) , Wisemoare Crosse 1607Norden . ' Swampy-land valley , ' v. wisce , mor , denu and cf. Wisley infra .