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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woolens Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Damerham

Historical Forms

  • Woolens Coppice ib.
  • Wolonde 1518 Hoare

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Woolens Coppice ib. and may be near the Wolonde of 1518(Hoare) , i.e . ' crooked land , ' v. woh and cf. Woollensbrook (PNHerts 212–13) .