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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wychbury Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hagley

Etymology

There is a conspicuous hill here. The burh is doubtless the very strong camp which crowns it (VCH iv. 424). The first element can hardly be the wice or 'wych-elm' in this situation, and it is just possible that here we have another trace of the Hwicce . Cf. Wichenford supra 179.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement