Great Excellent and Little Excellent
Other OS name in the Parish of Corby
Historical Forms
- Great Exland, Little Exland 1580 Map 1831 EnclA
- Excellent c.1825 O.S.
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) are Great Exland , Little Exland 1580Map , 1831EnclA , Excellent c. 1825 O.S. If the earlier form is the more correct , as seems probable , the name may contain exen , the old mutated plural of ox , hence , ' oxen-land , ' but cf. Bullicks Woodinfra 186 .