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Survey of English Place-Names

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Manswood (Fm)

Other OS name in the Parish of More Crichel

Historical Forms

  • Mangewood 1774 Hutch1
  • Mange Wood 1811 OS

Etymology

, Mangewood 1774 Hutch1, Mange Wood 1811 OS , perhaps ModE mange ' a cutaneous disease of animals caused by a parasite ' , used of a wood thought diseased , or of a wood thought to harbour the parasite .