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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pribdean Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Sixpenny Handley

Historical Forms

  • Priueden 1618 Map
  • Privdon 1811 OS
  • Privden 1841 TA

Etymology

, Priueden 1618Map , Privdon 1811OS, Privden 1841TA , probably ' valley where privet grows ' , from pryfet and denu , cf. Prewley D 207 .