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Flascoe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Musgrave

Historical Forms

  • Flaskey 1660 CtB
  • Flasco 1690 Dep
  • Flascow 1688 CtB

Etymology

, Flaskey 1660CtB , Flasco 1690Dep , Flascow 1688CtB , ' flat wood ' or ' wood in the marsh ' , v. flat , flask , skógr , cf. Flaskew (ii, 108infra ) .