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Clattyland Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haseley

Historical Forms

  • Clotty Land Wood 1830 O.S.

Etymology

Clattyland Wood (6″) is Clotty Land Wood 1830 O.S. Cf. Clotlond 13thCombe (Combe Abbey) and Claty lands 1732Buccleuch (Newbold on Avon). These names probably contain ME  clot , 'lump of earth' (v. clot sb. in NED), and the adjective clotty , with dialectal variant clatty .

Places in the same Parish