Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Benwell's Wood
Benwell's Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Chinnor
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
Benwell
hill
,
Benwelle
landes
1551–2
Survey
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Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Emmington
Henton
Hempton Wainhill
Oakley
Red Lane
Other OS name
Ballfield Shaw
Hog's Ditch
Marlow Wood
The Shaw
Sunley Wood
Newclose Fm
Sprig's Alley
Venus Wood
Waterlands Fm
Major Settlement
Chinnor