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Inwood Cottage

Other OS name in the Parish of East Clandon

Historical Forms

  • Inwood 1823 G
  • Nynwood t.Hy8 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Inwood 1823 G, and may be identicalwith Nynwood t. Hy 8MinAcct , perhaps from the phrase ' InInwood . ' Inwood or ' home-wood ' as opposed to the common Outwood . There is also a Ninlands Field in the parish , presumably for Inlands . Cf. Inwode in Cookham (Berks) 1275 RH .

Places in the same Parish