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Baker's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Tidenham

Historical Forms

  • Bakers croft 1736 GR892
  • Bakers Hitchings (Wood) 1843 TA

Etymology

, Bakers croft 1736GR 892,Bakers Hitchings (Wood )1843TA , the surname Baker , v. heccing ' the partof a field sown ' .