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Hunterswood Lodge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weldon, Great and Little

Historical Forms

  • Huntes woode copie 1584 Map
  • Huntswod 1636 Bridgesii,358

Etymology

Hunterswood Lodge. This is Huntes woode copie 1584Map , Huntswod in 1636 (Bridges ii, 358), and is to be traced to one Hamon le Venor , i.e. the hunter, t. Hy 4 (Bridges loc. cit .).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement