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Survey of English Place-Names

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Old Elvendon Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Goring

Historical Forms

  • Elvesdenegrof (bis), Elvedensgrof 1316 Gor

Etymology

OldElvendonWoodElvesdenegrof (bis), Elvedensgrof 1316 GorFairy hillv. dūn OE  (i)elfengrāf(a)v.