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Woodwell Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Wymondham

Historical Forms

  • Woodwelhead 1691 Pochin
  • Thickett Woodwell head 1768 ib

Etymology

, 1629, 1767Pochin , 1795, 1815Map , 1824 O , Woodwelhead 1691Pochin , cf. Great Woodwell head , Little Woodwell head c.1740, 1753, 1768ib , Thick Woodwell head c.1740, 1753ib ( v. þicce 1 ) , Thickett Woodwell head 1768ib ( v. þiccett ) , v. wudu , wella , hēafod .