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Ladbitch Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Ladbitch(mouth) 1738 Dow
  • Ladbatch Plantation 1842 OS

Etymology

, Ladbitch (mouth )1738Dow , Ladbatch Plantation 1842 OS , ' lad's valley ' , v. ladda , bece 1 . This is the upper part of Mill Clough infra , to which the form -mouth probably refers , v. mūða .