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Woolstone Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Woolstone

Etymology

, ' a place called the Wells inWoolston ' 1778EnclA , is called ocenne wyllas ' Ock springs ' in the charter - bounds of west Woolstone , v. Pt 3 . It was regarded as the source of the Ock till the 18th cent , at least , but modern maps give the name Ock to another head - stream .