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Berry's Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Lambourn

Historical Forms

  • Barry's Wood 1830 OS
  • - 14thcent. VCHiv,258

Etymology

, Barry 's Wood 1830 OS , cf. Manor of Berres in Chipping Lambourne 1625PubLib , Berris 1690ib , Berries Field and Berries Meadow 1666ib . The manor of West Bockhampton was called Berres from the family named Barry who held it in the 13th -14th cent. (VCH iv,258) ; Rad . Barri is mentioned 1283–4FF .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement