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Earl's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • Hanging Banks Wood 1831 Bry
  • Hanging Bank & Hanging Wood 1839 TA
  • Hobbinsways 1838 TA62

Etymology

, 1839TA , Hanging Banks Wood 1831 Bry, Hanging Bank & Hanging Wood 1839TA , Hobbinsways 1838TA 62 ( 203 supra ) , ' steep banks ' , v. hangende . The later name may be weg ' a road ' , with the ME  pers.n. Hobbin , diminutive of Hobb , a pet - form of Robert .

Places in the same Parish