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Survey of English Place-Names

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Summer Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Somerwith 1279,1540 Fount

Etymology

, Somerwith 1279, 1540 Fount , ' wood used for summer fora-ging ' , v. sumor , viðr , or possibly the ON  pers.n. Sumar ; it is far distant from Summer Bridge ( prec . ) and is probably not connected with it .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site