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Wellcroft Gully

Other OS name in the Parish of Bucklebury

Historical Forms

  • The Well Close 1662 Bucklebury
  • Well Crofts, Well Meadow, Well Pound Meadow 1791–2 Bucklebury
  • Well Close 1840 TA

Etymology

, The Well Close 1662 Bucklebury, Well Crofts ,Well Meadow , Well Pound Meadow 1791–2 Bucklebury, Well Close 1840TA .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement