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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wharncliffe Wood Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Etymology

, named from the Earls of Wharncliffe ( v. Wharncliffe 299infra ) who owned property here ( cf. WharnSurv ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site