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Survey of English Place-Names

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Child's and Phillips' Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Writtle

Historical Forms

  • Philips and Childs 17th Bramston
  • Edney-childs, Edney-philips 1777 C
  • Phelippe 1332 SR

Etymology

is Philips and Childs 17thBramston ,Edney-childs , Edney-philips 1777 C. The second element is fromthe family of John Phelippe (1332SR ) . v. Edney supra 278 .