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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lady Wood, Lady Wood Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Knossington and Cold Overton

Historical Forms

  • Lady Wood 1602 DKR 1745 Terrier 1848 TA 1919 Sale

Etymology

, Lady Woode 1539 Reeve , Lady Wood 1602 DKR, 1745Terrier et passim to 1848 TA, 1919 Sale , v. ladi , wudu ; probably woodland whose rents were dedicated to the upkeep of a chapel to Our Lady , the Virgin Mary .