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Totteroak

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton

Historical Forms

  • Toterwooke 1575 TRMB

Etymology

, 1830 M , Toterwooke 1575TRMB , ' tottering oak-tree ' , v. āc , and for -wooke cf. Phonol. § 42 (a ) , the first el . is connected with ME  totre sb . ' unsteady, tottering action ' and the rare ME  adj. totyre ' tottering ' ( cf. NED s.v. totter ) .