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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whorley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ellesborough

Historical Forms

  • Wardeleie 1195 Miss 14th
  • boscus de Wardle 1199 Fines

Etymology

'Watch-clearing' v. weard . That this site might well have been used for such is suggested by the name Beacon Hill just to the north.

Places in the same Parish