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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wood Mead ( ow )

Field in the Parish of Long Bredy

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • Wodemede 1447 MinAcct
  • le Woodmeade 1581 DCMCt
  • Woodmeade yeate 1589 DCMCt
  • Wood Mead 1605 Hutch

Etymology

†Wood Mead(ow)(Wodemede 1447, le Woodmeade 1581, Woodmeade yeate 1589,Wood Mead 1605, v. wudu, mǣd, geat).