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Osbonall Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Clipsham

Historical Forms

  • Osburneall Wood 1610 Speed
  • Osburnall Wood 1610 ib

Etymology

, 1687Map , 1824 O , 1838TA , Osburneall Wood 1610 Speed bis, Osburnall Wood 1610 ib : the first el . is either the OScand  pers.n. Ásbjǫrn which appears in late OE as Ōsbern , or its ME  reflex Osbern .