Echills Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoneleigh
Historical Forms
- Eachelles 1154 Monast
- Aceles 1245 FF
- Echeles 1284 Ch 1285 Ass
- Eacheles 13th LegerBk
- p'cell terre in Stoneley voc' le Ile de Wyghte jacent' subtus le Eychell de Stoneley 1542 MinAcct
- Eychelles 1547 Monast
Etymology
Echills Wood (6″) is Eachelles 1154 Monast, Aceles 1245 FF, Echeles 1284 Ch, 1285Ass , Eacheles 13thLegerBk , p 'cell terre in Stoneley voc ' le Ile de Wyghte jacent ' subtus le Eychell de Stoneley 1542MinAcct , Eychelles 1547 Monast. For this name v. Nechells supra 30. Isle of Wight must have referred to some isolated patch of ground or wood of a particular shape. Cf. PN Sr 371.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bockendon Grange
- Canley
- Cloud Bridge
- Crackley and Crackley Wood
- Cryfield Grange
- Dallies, Dallimore
- Finbury
- Stoneleigh Grange (olim Home Grange)
- King's Hill olim Helenhull
- Millburn Grange
- Motslow (sic) Hill
- Stareton
- Stare Bridge
- Tocil Ho
- Waverley Fm and Waverley Wood
- Westley Bridge
- Whoberley Hall
- Finham
- Fletchamstead Hall