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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wadhill Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Knowle

Historical Forms

  • (Copse in) Row Waddle 1844 TA

Etymology

, (Copse in ) Row Waddle 1844TA , ' hill where woad grew ' , v. wād , hyll , or ' clearing where woad grew ' with the second el . lēah develop - ing as in Bradle supra , v. rūh , cf. Woodhill Coppice infra .