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Monk's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Hallingbury

Historical Forms

  • Monk(en)ewod(e) 1297,1323 For

Etymology

Monk's Wood is Monk (en )ewod (e )1297, 1323For . This wood belonged in 1323 to the Prior of Bermondsey, who also had land named Monkenefeld (For ).