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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mains Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. le Demeans lande 1540MinAcct , Mains field 1841TA , v. main ' demesne land ' ( from OFr  demeine ) , here originally belonging to Shap Abbey .