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Watch Oak Lodge

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • Wachoke 1636 Inq

Etymology

, Wachoke 1636 Inq , probably ' oak wherea watch or vigil was kept ' , from OE  wæcce , v. āc .