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Gt Alderwood Coppice & Lt Alderwood Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashmore

Historical Forms

  • Great Aldred Coppice, close called Aldred 1590 LRMB
  • Alderhead, Alder wood (two adjacent coppices) 1618 Map
  • Alderwood Coppice, Alderwood Fd & Alderwood Pce 1842 TA

Etymology

, Great Aldred Coppice , close called Aldred 1590LRMB , Alderhead , Alder wood (two adjacentcoppices)1618Map , Alderwood Coppice , Alderwood Fd & Alderwood Pce 1842TA ; there are probably two names here , both containing alor ' alder ' , one with hēafod ' end of a ridge ' , the other with wudu ' wood ' .