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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wash Common, Wash Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Newbury

Historical Forms

  • Le Weshe, Le Este Comen als Le Washe, Le Washe Water 1547 LRMB
  • The Washe Lane 1604 Windsor
  • Wash Lane, Newbury Wash 1761 Rocque

Etymology

, Le Weshe ,Le Este Comen als Le Washe , Le Washe Water 1547LRMB , The Washe Lane 1604Windsor , Wash Lane , Newbury Wash 1761 Rocque . NED wash sb 7c ' a low - lying tract of ground , often flooded , and interspersed with shallow pools and marshes ' .