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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Villa Real

Early-attested site in the Parish of Edwinstowe

Historical Forms

  • Villereal Farm 1826 G

Etymology

Villa Real. This is Villereal Farm 1826 G. According to White (DukRec 625) it was “so named from the family, who about 60 years ago (i.e. 1784) held a large portion of the copyhold lands in this manor.”