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Way's Green, Way's Green Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Waysgreen(e) 1671 Sheaf
  • Ways Green, Ways Green Farm 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Waysgreen (e )1671 Sheaf,Ways Green , Ways Green Farm 1831 Bry , from weg ' a way, a road ' , and grene 2 ' a green ' . Four or five ways met here to join the lost ford on WelshLane infra by way of Stock's Hill supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site