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Woolland Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Knowle

Historical Forms

  • Woolens Grove Copse, Woolens Grove Mdw 1844 TA
  • Wooland 1842 Tennent

Etymology

, Woolens Grove Copse , Woolens Grove Mdw 1844TA , Wooland 1842Tennent , probably ' land near the spring or stream ' , v. wella , land ; it lies alongside a stream and a spring is also marked 6 ″ .