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Survey of English Place-Names

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Simplebirch Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of St Osyth

Historical Forms

  • Ciprosbirche 1512 ERxxx
  • Symplebriche, Birche Grove 1551,1553 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Ciprosbirche 1512 ER xxx, Symplebriche , Birche Grove 1551, 1553 Pat .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement