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Wreden Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Historical Forms

  • Hr Wreydon, Lr Wreydon, Wreden 1839 ib
  • cultura vocat' Wiredon 1306 ChrP 1372
  • Weredon 1579 Wal

Etymology

, Hr Wreydon , Lr Wreydon , Wreden 1839ib , probably to beidentified with cultura vocat ' Wiredon 1306 (1372) ChrP , Weredon 1579Wal , Wyredowne 1625 which may contain wīr ' bog myrtle ' with dūn .