Great Chalk Wood, Little Chalk Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Goring
Historical Forms
- Chelcoram, grave…de Chelcora c.1195 Gor
- Chalcora c.1240 Gor 1308 Gor
- Chalcovere, Chelkor' c.1260 Gor
- Chalcehore c.1270 Gor
- Chalkoreslond, Chalkoreslond' 1351 Gor
Etymology
Great Chalk Wood, Little Chalk Wood (6″) take name from Chelcoram , grave …de Chelcora c. 1195 Gor, Chalcora c. 1240 Goret freq with variant spellings Chal (c )kore , Chalker ', Chalkhore , Chalcore to 1308 Gor (p), Chalcovere , Chelkor 'c. 1260 Gor, Chalcehore c. 1270 Gor, Chalkoreslond , Chalkoreslond '1351 Gor. 'Chalk bank or slope,' v. c(e)alc. There is some confusion of ōra with ōfer in the second element.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Cleeve, Cleeve Mill, Cleeve Lock
- Coombe End Fm
- Elvendon Fm
- Gatehampton Fm
- Goring Heath
- Hartslock Wood, Hartslock Cottage and Hart's Lock
- Haw Fm
- Holme Copse
- Wellground Shaw
- Lycroft's Shaw
- Wroxhills Wood
- Beech Fm
- Stapnall's Fm
Other OS name
- Old Elvendon Wood
- Bottom Fm
- Grove Fm
- Ashengrove Wood
- Ashengrove Covert
- Batchelor's Green Wood
- Juniperhill Wood
- Lambourne's Wood
- Nakeds Shaw
- Pennyroyal Plantation
- Ruscroft's Wood
- Sandhills Copse
- Stoney Batter Wood
- Bensgrove Wood
- Cold Harbour
- Deadman's Lane
- Burntwood
- Newhouse Fm
- Little Oaks
- Crays Pond
- Guttridge's Wood
- Friarhampstead Wood
- Deadfields Clump
- Eastfield Lane
- Shaws
- Spring Fm
- Hayfield Shaws
- Ladygrove Shaw
- Little Heath
- Querns Fm
- Summershill Shaw
- Whitehill Plantation