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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scotland Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Maidwell

Historical Forms

  • Scotland 1779 F
  • Wood 1826 G

Etymology

is Scotland 1779 F, (Wood ) 1826 G . The land may be so called from some scot or payment on it , cf. Scotland (PN Sx 238,PN D 212) and in Godshill ( Wt ) , 1354 Add Skotland .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site