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Survey of English Place-Names

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Howcrofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Wains Rough 1831 ib
  • Waen Slough 1842 OS

Etymology

, Wains Rough 1831 ib, Waen Slough 1842 OS , perhaps ' bogin a meadow ' , from Welsh gwaun ( spelt gwaen ) and slōh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site