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Wood Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • (Lyttell) Woodhows(s)e 1571 Pole
  • Woodhouse Farm 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1811OS , (Lyttell ) Woodhows (s )e 1571Pole , Woodhouse Farm 1843TA , cf. (Little ) Woodhouse Md ib , ' house in or beside a wood ' , v. wudu , hūs .