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Monmouth's Ash

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodlands

Etymology

, cf. Monmouths Fd 1840TA , Monmouth ('s )Cl 1869 Hutch3 , named from the Duke of Monmouth who was captured hiding in an ash - tree here ( no longer standing ) after the battle of Sedgemoor ( 1685 ) , v. Hutch3 3156 .