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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitsford

Other OS name in the Parish of West Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Wyttokesford 1279 Ass 1281 Ass
  • Whytekesford 1281 Ass
  • Whyttokesford 1298 Ass

Etymology

is Wyttokesford 1279Ass , 1281Ass (p), Whytekesford 1281Ass , Whyttokesford 1298Ass . ' Hwītuc 's ford , ' cf. Whiteoxen infra 310 .

Places in the same Parish