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Survey of English Place-Names

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Heed's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hughenden

Etymology

This is named from the family of Theed , a fairly common surname in South Bucks. John Theed was churchwarden of Hughenden in 1714 (Rec. xi. 179).