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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kentwood Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Cholsey

Historical Forms

  • Kentwood Farme 1550 RentSur
  • Kentwoodferme 1550 LRMB

Etymology

, Kentwood Farme 1550RentSur , Kentwoodferme 1550LRMB , named from a family surnamed Kentwood ( doubtless from Kentwood in Reading 172 ) , who held it in the late 14th cent. ( VCH iii, 298 ) .