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Survey of English Place-Names

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Penny Farthing Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Alton Pancras

Historical Forms

  • Penny Wood 1839 TA

Etymology

, Penny Wood 1839TA , probably a reference to the rent payable , v. pening .