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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woodcutts Fm & Woodcutts Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinton Martell

Historical Forms

  • (la) Wodecote c.1290,c.1300 DCMDeed
  • Woodcutts 1811 OS
  • Woodcot(t)s Green & Woodcot(t)s Grd 1838 TA

Etymology

Woodcutts Fm (SU 013048) & Woodcutts Lane, (la ) Wodecote c. 1290, c. 1300DCMDeed , Woodcutts 1811 OS, Woodcot (t )s Green & Woodcot (t )s Grd 1838TA , 'cottage(s) in a wood', v. cot , wudu , cf. Woodcutts in Six. Handley par. infra . There is still woodland to the SW at Ashton Wd in Hinton P. par. infra , cf. also High Lea and Underwood Fm infra , Hinton Copse 1811 OS (just N of Woodcutts Fm).