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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wray Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bramham

Historical Forms

  • Wra 13 Kirkst
  • Le Wro 1246 FF
  • Wrawod, Wrawod flatte 1362 YDi
  • Wray Wood Leyes 1657 WYD
  • Wreywoods 1684 Weth

Etymology

Wray Wood, 1798Weth 88, Wra 13 Kirkst, Le Wro 1246 FF, Wrawod , Wrawod flatte 1362 YD i, Wray Wood Leyes 1657 WYD, Wreywoods 1684Weth 1, cf. also Wragate 1160–80 YCh 1033, 13Nost 85, v. vrá 'nook of land', here a piece of land almost surrounded by the R. Wharfe, wudu , flat , gata , lēah .