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Survey of English Place-Names

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Monk's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Syresham

Historical Forms

  • Monkeswode t.Ed1 PeterbB
  • Monekeswod 1287 For

Etymology

is Monkeswode t. Ed 1PeterbB , Monekeswod 1287For , and is so called from the monks of Biddlesden Abbey .