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Gobions Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of North Mimms

Etymology

. Gobions or Gubbins was an old name of the manor of More Hall . Salmon ( 64 ) associates it with a certain Sir Richard Gobion ( t. Steph ) but see VCH ii, 256 .