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Valletts Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Canopps fellett 1642 Comm
  • the old fillett 1655 ib
  • (Old) Vellett 1669,1692 ib

Etymology

, Canopps fellett 1642Comm , the old fillett 1655 ib,(Old ) Vellett 1669, 1692 ib , OE  fellet , Merc  fællet ' clump of felledtrees ' , cf. Bleek's Vallets (supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement