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Survey of English Place-Names

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Curwen Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • Curwen, Corewenne 1260–1671 Kendii,288–303

Etymology

, 1857OS , cf. Curwen meadow 1732 Kend ii, 290 , named from the local family of Curwen ,Corewenne (1260–1671 Kend ii, 288–303) .