The Barnets
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tenbury
Historical Forms
- le Barnet 1420 IpmR
Etymology
v. bærnet . Stevenson, in illustration of this term, after citing Barnettwood (Sr), Barnet Wood (He), Barnetts Wood (Ha) and a lost la Bernetewood (Nth) from Cl (1309), quotes from a Merton College lease the clause (1303), 'arbores autem in gardino, sæpibus, vel in Bennetto .' We may add le Bannet near Clows Top (Wo), 1421 IpmR.