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Taylors Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Stansted Mountfitchet

Historical Forms

  • bosc. voc. Bentefeilde Tayleys, Bentfeld tayles 1547 HarlR
  • Tallyes or Taylies Wood 1685 Deed

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is probably to be associated with Taylors in Takeley infra 536 just over the border . It can hardly be identical with the 8 acres of cut wood called taillyz in Stansted in 1268 (Ipm) , later bosc . voc . Bentefeilde Tayleys ,Bentfeld tayles 1547HarlR , Tallyes or Taylies Wood 1685Deed . Bentfield Bury supra 533 is at the opposite end of the parish .