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New Close Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Limber

Etymology

, c.1812Yarb , 1824 O , 1828 Bry , 1830 Gre , cf. (the ) new close 1577, 1611, 1637, 1664Terrier , 1644Yarb , y e new close 1706, 1724Terrier , (the ) New close 1625, 1671ib , New Close 1637Yarb , 1637Foster , 1676, 1774Yarb , y e New Close 1697Terrier , y e New-close 1690ib , self - explanatory , v. nīwe , clos(e) ; it is on the parish boundary .