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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woad Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Coates

Historical Forms

  • The Woads 1824 O
  • Taylors Woad F. 1828 Bry
  • Taylor 1642 LPR

Etymology

, The Woads 1824O, Taylors Woad F .1828 Bry, named from the family of Francis,Mathew and Thomas Taylor 1642 LPR ; it must have been a farm where woad grew .