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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitchurch Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Etymology

, where the road from Whitchurch C . to Wootton F . ( Beckland 's Lane ) crosses R . Char , and on the site of street ford and hweoul ford which are the starting and finishing points respectively in the Saxon bounds of Abbott 's Wootton , v. f. ns . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement