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Survey of English Place-Names

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Skent's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • terr. voc. Skentys 1333 Ct
  • Skents 1600 SRS14,91

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is terr . voc . Skentys 1333Ct , Skents 1600 SRS 14, 91 , deriving apparently from a pers. name .