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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shrogs Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Whiston

Historical Forms

  • The Shrogs 1770 Fairb

Etymology

, The Shrogs 1770 Fairb , v. scrogge ' a bush, brushwood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement