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Survey of English Place-Names

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Poor's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • Cottage Wood 1831 Bry 1842 OS

Etymology

, Cottage Wood 1831 Bry, 1842 OS , cf. Hartfordhillsupra , probably land held in trust for charitable purposes , perhaps by the local Overseers .

Places in the same Parish