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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hickin Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Clowne

Historical Forms

  • Hickenwood 1840 O

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Hickenwood 1840 O , cf. Ickerwood Close 1629Ct , Ickerwoodfield 1648 ib . ; may be ' squirrel wood , ' v. ikorni , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement