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Survey of English Place-Names

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Witney Green, Witney Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Fyfield

Historical Forms

  • Wyden(h)ey(e), Widen(h)ey(e) 1228 FF 1254 Ass 1327 SR
  • Whitney Green 1768 M

Etymology

is Wyden (h )ey (e ),Widen (h )ey (e )1228 FF, 1254Ass (p), 1327SR (p), Whitney Green 1768 M . ' Wide enclosure , ' v. wid , (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish