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Cockshaw Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Brayton

Historical Forms

  • Cockshaw Close 1847 TA
  • Cockshire Wood 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Cockshaw Close 1847TA ,Cockshire Wood 1841 O.S. , v. cocc 2 ' (wood)cock ' , sceaga ' copse ' .