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Snodwell Copses & Snodwell Fm, Lt Snodwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockland

Historical Forms

  • (Lt) Snodwell (Breach) 1844 ib

Etymology

, (Lt ) Snodwell (Breach )1844ib , v. well(a) ' spring,stream ' , first el . possibly snād ' detached piece of woodland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement