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Woodlake

Other OS name in the Parish of Bloxworth

Historical Forms

  • Woodlake diche 1620 ib
  • Wood Lake Farmhouse & Wood Lake Lane 1845 TA

Etymology

, 1617–1621Lane , Woodlake diche 1620ib , Wood Lake Farmhouse & Wood Lake Lane 1845TA , v. wudu , lacu ' stream ' , dīc ; perhaps with reference to the stream ⅓ mile S , a feeder of Sherford River .