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Long Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Fiskerton

Historical Forms

  • wood 1322 Mellows
  • Fyskerton Woode 1535 VE
  • extra Boscos de Fyskerton 1546 PetLD
  • Wood 1708,1712 Terrier
  • Longwood 1816 Marrat
  • Fiskerton Long Wood 1828 Bry
  • Long wood 1842 White
  • Fiskerton Longwood 1850 TLE, Padley
  • (Long) Wood 1850 TA
  • Long Wood 1853 CCPet
  • Long Wood Close 1853 CCPet

Etymology

1824 O , 1830 Gre , boscum de Fiskerton 1216, 1689,Langwode 1288 (Ed1)Barl , wood 1322 Mellows, Fyskerton Woode 1535VE, extra Boscos de Fyskerton 1546 PetLD, Wood 1708, 1712Terrier ,Longwood 1816 Marrat, Fiskerton Long Wood 1828 Bry, Long wood 1842 White, Fiskerton Longwood 1850TLE , Padley , (Long ) Wood 1850TA , Long Wood 1853CCPet (Map), Long Wood Close 1853CCPet .