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Romsey Oak Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Southwick

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Rumsey oak 1625 WM xxiii . The oak stood on the parish boundary just to the north of the farm . The Abbess of Romsey had a holding in Southwick (Aubrey 346 n. 5) .