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Man Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of White Roding

Historical Forms

  • Manewode 1235 FF 1323 For

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Manewode 1235 FF, 1323For . ' Common wood . ' OE gemǣne . Cf. gemæne læs , ' compascuus ager , ' Ælfric Glossary 96 , and Manhood (PN Sx 79) . It is on the boundary of White Roding and Matching .

Places in the same Parish