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Survey of English Place-Names

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Evenwood, Evenwood Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton Burnell

Historical Forms

  • Evenwood 1612 LDR 1716 PR(L) 1845 TA
  • Evenwood Common 1817 LDR

Etymology

EVENWOOD, EVENWOOD COMMON, Evenwood 1612LDR , 1716 PR(L) 19, 1845TA , Evenwood Common 1817LDR . 'Level wood', v. efn , wudu . The squatter settlement on the Common has some 17th-cent. cottages (VCH VIII6).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement