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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Johns, St John's Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • campus Sancti Johannis 1406 WCR1
  • Seynt John felde 1499 ib
  • St John field 1607 Surv 1793 EnclA
  • St. Johns Place 1817 M

Etymology

, campus Sancti Johannis 1406WCR 1, Seynt John felde 1499 ib 1d, St John field 1607Surv , 1793EnclA 11, St . Johns Place 1817 M .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site