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Westwood Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Westwode, Westwordysclyue (sic) 1400 Ilch
  • Westwoods 1840 TA(Wytherstone)

Etymology

, Westwode ,Westwordysclyue (sic)1400Ilch , Westwod 1588, Westwoddes 1593Brid ,Westwoods 1840TA (Wytherstone) , ' west wood ' , v. west , wudu , clif , ' west ' in relation to Wytherstone Wood infra , cf. also Est (e )wode 1400Ilch .