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Wychmoor Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Elstead

Historical Forms

  • Wych(e)more 1450,1453 Rental

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wych (e )more 1450, 1453Rental . This is probably a compound of OE  wice , ' witch-elm , ' and mor , ' marshy ground . '