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Northwoods Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • the Hall of Northwoods, (land taken out of) Great Northwoods 1528 Sheaf 1581
  • Northwoods 1581 ib
  • Northwood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, the Hall of Northwoods , (land taken out of ) Great Northwoods 1528 (1581) Sheaf, Northwoods 1581 ib, Northwood 1831Bry , ' northern wood ' , from norð and wudu . This place , in the southeast corner of Wilkesley hamlet ( 110–646401 ) , is north of Shavington Sa , cf. Cheshire Fields supra .